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Title: How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir

Author: Cameron Russell

Narrator: Cameron Russell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Release date: March 19, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

“Gripping . . . a call to action—and accountability—for the entire fashion industry.”—Marie Claire A bold memoir that explores who holds the power in an image-obsessed culture, from the model and activist who helped organize the movement to bring equity to fashion “By elevating me for something I have no control over, the industry and economy signal to all women: there is almost nothing you can do or create that is as valuable as how you look.” Scouted by a modeling agent when she was just sixteen years old, Cameron Russell first approached her job with some reservations: She was a serious student with her sights set on college, not the runway. But modeling was a job that seemed to offer young women like herself unprecedented access to wealth, fame, and influence. Besides, as she was often reminded, “there are a million girls in line” who would eagerly replace her.  In her fierce and innovative memoir, Russell chronicles how she learned to navigate the dizzying space between physical appearance and interiority and making money in an often-exploitative system. Being “agreeable,” she found, led to more success: more bookings and more opportunities to work with the world’s top photographers and biggest brands. But as her prominence grew, Russell found that achievement under these conditions was deeply isolating and ultimately unsatisfying. Instead of freedom, she was often required to perform the role of compliant femme fatale, so she began organizing with her peers, helping to coordinate movements for labor rights, climate and racial justice, and bringing MeToo to the fashion industry.  Intimate and illuminating, How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone is a nuanced, deeply felt memoir about beauty, complicity, and the fight for a better world.

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Title: Undercover Copper: One Woman on the Track of Dangerous Criminals

Author: Danni Brooke

Narrator: Emma Carter

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Release date: March 14, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Previously published as The Girl for the Job Fast-paced and eye-opening, Undercover Copper is an exciting account of life as a covert investigator by Danni Brooke. For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met’s elite unit. She was so successful at taking down criminals she was seconded to forces around the country. Whether she was infiltrating organized crime gangs or disrupting drug supply lines, Danni played the innocent Essex girl, fooling even the most suspicious villains, using her quick wits to keep her out of trouble. She loved the job, but the pressures of her work, and trying to balance the long hours with being a mother, were to take a toll on her personal life. In her honest, warm and gripping memoir, Danni also reveals why she left the police, how she found a new career (and love) on Channel 4’s Hunted – and why the thrill of covert work has seen her turn her talents to tracking down cyber criminals. What readers are saying about Danni Brooke's unputdownable life story: 'Absolutely brilliant read. I just love real life stories of police and being written by a female this was great!' 'I've enjoyed a lot of UK undercover/ MI5 audiobooks – and this one is right up there' 'There are only a few good books out there on the subject of undercover policing and this is one of them' 'Loved every minute of this book. Fascinating and gripping stories from her time as an undercover cop in a male dominated environment' 'There are some laugh out loud bits, shocking bits, sad parts and things to think . . . What a thrilling, full life Danni has led and still so young'

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Title: A Brave and Lovely Woman: Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Mark Borthwick

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Release date: March 12, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Mamah Borthwick was an energetic, intelligent, and charismatic woman who earned a master's degree at a time when few women even attended college, translated writings by a key figure of the early feminist movement, and taught at one of Germany's best schools for boys. She is best known, however, as the mistress of the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and for her shocking murder at the renowned Wisconsin home he built for her, Taliesin. A Brave and Lovely Woman offers an important corrective to the narrative of Wright and Borthwick, a love story as American in character as it is Shakespearean in conclusion. Little of Wright's life and work has been left untouched by his many admirers, critics, and biographers. And yet the woman who stood at the center of his emotional life, Mamah Borthwick, has fallen into near obscurity. Mark Borthwick—a distant relative—recenters Mamah Borthwick in her own life, presenting a detailed portrait of a fascinating woman, a complicated figure who was at once a dedicated mother and a faithless spouse, a feminist and a member of a conservative sorority, a vivacious extrovert and a social pariah. Careful research and engaging prose at last give Borthwick, an obscure but crucial character in one of America's most famous tragedies, center stage.

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Title: The Unconventional Nancy Ruth

Series: Part of A Feminist History Society Book

Author: Dr. Ramona Lumpkin

Narrator: Margaret Lamarre

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Release date: March 5, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Born into the prominent Jackman family, Nancy Ruth forged her own unique journey as a philanthropist, feminist politician, and activist. Born into privilege but expected to use her advantages for the good of others, Senator Nancy Ruth has led an uncommon, unconventional life. From her religious ministry to rewriting Canada’s national anthem to make it gender-neutral, this outspoken, complicated woman has put her stamp on Canada’s public life. Her generous feminist philanthropy allowed numerous women’s organizations to flourish, and her talents for friendship and for controversy meant the work was serious but never dull. Like Nancy herself, this book is rich in surprises and contradictions about a remarkable woman who used her privilege to support social change and the battle to better women’s lives in Canada.

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Title: Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

Author: Francine Klagsbrun

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Release date: March 5, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with Hadassah, Szold used a combined ethical and pragmatic approach aimed at improving the lives of both Jews and Arabs. She later moved to Mandate Palestine to help shape education, health, and social services there. The pinnacle of her career came in her seventies, when she took on the task of directing the Youth Aliyah program, which rescued thousands of young people from the Nazis and resettled them in Palestine. Using Szold's copious letters, diaries, and essays, along with other archival documents, Francine Klagsbrun traces Szold's life and legacy with an eye to uncovering the person behind the Zionist icon. She reveals Szold as a complex human being who had to cope with controversy and criticism, a workaholic with an outsized sense of duty, and an idealist who fought for her beliefs even as she questioned her own abilities. With deep insight, Klagsbrun introduces listeners to this extraordinary woman, whose impact on women's lives as well as on education and health systems still resonates.

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Title: [Basque] - Euskal Herriko 40 emakume: Egon ginen, izan ginen

Author: Cira Crespo

Narrator: Gontzal Mendibil

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Release date: February 29, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

LABURPENA: Kuxkuxeroa zara? Gustatzen zaizu zu jaio baino lehen zure herrian zer gertatu zen jakitea? Eta mota askoko jendea ezagutzea? Orduan, hau da zure liburua. Hemen ezagutuko dituzu gure gizarteari egindako ekarpenagatik erreferentzia diren Euskal Herriko emakumeak eta gizataldeak. Belaunaldi berrientzat erreferentzia diren eta jada hilik dauden emakume hauei historiak ez die merezi duten errekonozimendua eman. Eremu guztietako emakumeek lortu zituztenak ezagutaraziko dizkigute: idazleak, kazetariak, pedagogoak, bertsolariak, margolariak, argazkilariak, ilustratzaileak, sukaldariak. Ilustrazio deigarriak dituen liburua da eta teknika desberdinak erabili dira: akuarela, koloretako arkatzak, collage. Has zaitez emakume hauek ezagutzen, aho zabalik utziko zaituzte. IRAKURKETA ERRAZA bilduma, irakurtzeko eta ulertzeko zailtasunak dituzten pertsonei zuzenduta dago. Liburuetan hizkuntza erraza, zuzena eta egunerokoa erabiltzen da. Hizki handiak, bazter zabalak, ilustrazioak eta hitzen definizioak, koadroetan, erabiltzen dira.

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Title: Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents, and Feeling Fearless After Fifty

Author: Lisa Niver

Narrator: Lisa Niver

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Release date: February 27, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Newlywed Lisa Niver was on the adventure of a lifetime. She had quit her job, rented out her condo, and was traveling around Asia. To the outside world, Niver was a woman living out her dreams of exploring ancient ruins in Cambodia and seeing orangutans in Borneo. In private, she was keeping a dark secret. But, when she found herself lying on a sidewalk in Thailand, looking up at the sky in severe pain, she knew things had to change. At age forty-seven, Niver found the courage to set course on a new life. Feeling like a failure, pushing fifty, and moving home to her parents' house to start again from scratch, Niver started taking one tiny 'brave-ish' step at a time. These small hurdles led to the challenge of trying fifty new things before turning fifty. Niver found herself traversing the world on a journey of reinvention, personal growth, and discovering what it actually means to be 'brave.' While Brave-ish chronicles Niver's inspiring expeditions to distant corners of the world including Myanmar, Cuba, Morocco, Kenya and Mongolia this is more than a travelogue. Niver's story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of perseverance. Brave-ish inspires listeners to dream big, take risks, and embrace the unknown to create a life filled with wonder and excitement, even when courage seems elusive.

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Title: [German] - In Liebe, Pamela

Author: Pamela Anderson

Narrator: Wagener

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Release date: February 21, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Popikone, Sexsymbol, Tierrechtsaktivistin, Schauspielerin, Sinnbild des Lebensgefühls der Neunzigerjahre – all diese Beschreibungen treffen zu. Allerdings werden sie dem Phänomen Pamela Anderson nicht gerecht. Die Frau, die von vielen allzu schnell als Baywatch-Nixe oder Playboy-Häschen abgetan wird, kann auf ein schillerndes Leben zwischen Glamour, Skandalen und dem Engagement für Minderheiten und Schutzlose zurückblicken. In ihrer offenherzigen Autobiografie erzählt sie von ihrer Kindheit in ärmlichen Verhältnissen und dem beschwerlichen Aufstieg zur weltweit bekannten Verfechterin von Frauenrechten und Emanzipation. Dabei kommen so unterschiedliche Themen zur Sprache wie Missbrauch, ihr turbulentes Eheleben, das brisante Sexvideo mit Mötley-Crüe-Schlagzeuger Tommy Lee und die Liebe für die Literatur. Pamela Anderson scheut sich nicht, ihre verletzliche, liebevolle und sensible Seite zu zeigen, die sie sich trotz aller Fehleinschätzungen und Anfeindungen bewahrt hat. Ihre Worte fesseln, bewegen, rütteln auf, klingen dabei aber wie im Gespräch mit einer guten Freundin geäußert, die man seit Jahren zum ersten Mal wiedersieht.

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Title: Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist

Author: Lisa G. Bailey

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Release date: February 20, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Lisa Bailey never considered a career working in death until she saw the FBI job posting for a forensic artist. The idea of using her artistic skill to help victims of crime was too compelling to pass up. Soon she was documenting crime scenes, photographing charred corpses, and digitally retouching the disembodied heads of suicide bombers. But it was facial approximation—sculpting a face from the remnants of an unidentified victim's skull—that intrigued her the most. Bailey knew that if she could capture that person's likeness in clay, she just might help them be identified, and that might help law enforcement track down their killer. Bailey worked on hundreds of cases and grew to become a subject matter expert in the field. It was the most challenging and fulfilling work she could have imagined, and she never thought of leaving. But her life changed when she became the target of sexual discrimination and harassment. She was stunned when FBI management protected the abusers and retaliated with threats, slander, and an arsenal of lawyers. Trapped in an increasingly hostile work environment, and infuriated at the hypocrisy of the FBI's tactics, Bailey decided to fight back. Clay and Bones is a memoir with a mission, and a fascinating exploration into the surreal and satisfying work of a forensic artist.

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Title: [German] - Regina geht ihren Weg: Ein Frauenschicksal: Teil 2: Hoffnung

Author: Eva Kreuzpaintner

Narrator: Marko Müller

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Release date: February 16, 2024

Genres: Women

Publisher's Summary:

Reginas Leben bleibt weiterhin turbulent: Sie versucht sich in diversen Berufen, liebt ihre Familie, ihre Freunde, gutes Essen und hin und wieder auch mal eine Zigarette oder ein Gläschen Prosecco oder Wein, obwohl sie wegen ihrer Medikamente eigentlich keinen Alkohol trinken sollte. Mit den Stimmen in ihrem Kopf kommt sie bis auf einen Zwischenfall ebenfalls gut klar – nur den Kontakt zu Wahrsager kann sie nicht lassen, was immer wieder zu Ärger mit ihrem Mann führt. Dann jedoch gelingt es Regina, eine Kur zu machen, auf der sie ähnlich Betroffene kennenlernt und für sich einen neuen Weg erkennt.