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ID: 540107

Title: Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography

Author: Donald Bogle

Narrator: Donald Bogle, Matthew J. Turner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26:44:10

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performerthe first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Awardwho broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movementa remarkable woman of her time who also transcended it.

 An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse. . . . Bogle has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era in Hollywood and passionately documented the contribution of one of its most dazzling and complex performers.''New York Times Book Review

In the segregated world of 1950s America, few celebrities were as talented, beautiful, glamorous, and ultimately influential as Dorothy Dandridge. Universally admired, she was Hollywood's first full-fledged Black movie star. Film historian Donald Bogle offers a panoramic portrait of Dorothy Dandridges extraordinary and ultimately tragic life and career, from her early years as a child performer in Cleveland, to her rise as a nightclub headliner and movie star, to her heartbreaking death at 42.

 Bogle reveals how this exceptionally talented and intensely ambitious entertainer broke down racial barriers by integrating some of America's hottest nightclubs and broke through Tinseltowns glass ceiling. Along with her smash appearances at venues such as Harlems famed Cotton Club, Dorothy starred in numerous films, making history with her role in Otto Premingers Carmen Jones, playing opposite Harry Belafonte. Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actressthe first Oscar nod for a woman of color.

But Dorothys wealth, fame, and success masked a reality fraught with contradiction and illusion. Struggling to find good roles professionally, uncomfortable with her image as a sex goddess, coping with the aftermath of two unhappy marriages and a string of unfulfilling affairs, and overwhelmed with guilt for her disabled daughter, Dorothy found herself emotionally and financially bankruptdespair that ended in her untimely death.

Woven from extensive research and unique interviews, as magnetic as the woman at its heart, Dorothy Dandridge captures this dazzling entertainer in all her complexity: her strength and vulnerability, her joy and her pain, her trials and her triumphs.

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ID: 538566

Title: Thronebreakers

Author: Rebecca Coffindaffer

Narrator: Reba Buhr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:49:26

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-21

Publisher: HarperTeen

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

Perfect for fans of Aurora Rising, The Hunger Games, and Three Dark Crowns, this electrifying duology closer is jam-packed with tension and thrills that will hook readers from its first page.

Alyssa Farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honor her uncles dying wish, she participated in the crownchase, a race across the empires 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne. Alyssa tried to help her friend, Coy, win the crownchase, but just as victory was within their grasp, Edgar Voles killed Coyand claimed the seal for himself.

Broken-hearted over her friends death, Alyssa is hell-bent on revenge. But Edgar is well protected in the kingship. Alyssa will have to rally rivals, friends, and foes from across the empire to take him down and change the course of the galaxy.

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ID: 546766

Title: I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

Author: Stephanie Grisham

Narrator: Stephanie Grisham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:58:34

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, American Politics

Summary:

The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet

Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top positions in the administration as White House press secretary and communications director, while at the same time acting as First Lady Melania Trumps communications director and eventually chief of staff. Few members of the Trump inner circle served longer or were as close to the first family as Stephanie Grisham, and few had her unique insight into the turbulent four years of the administration, especially the personalities behind the headlines.

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ID: 509865

Title: Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers

Author: Deborah Tuerkheimer

Narrator: Courtney Patterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:04:48

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Social Science, Law

Summary:

In this landmark book, a former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why we are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuseand how we can transform a culture and a legal system structured to dismiss accusers

  Sexual misconduct accusations spark competing claims: her word against his. How do we decide who is telling the truth? The answer comes down to credibility. But as this eye-opening book reveals, invisible forces warp the credibility judgments of even the well- intentioned among us. We are all shaped by a set of false assumptions and hidden biases embedded in our culture, our legal system, and our psyches.  

 In Credible, Deborah Tuerkheimer provides a much-needed framework to explain how we perceive credibility, why our perceptions are distorted, and why these distortions harm survivors. Social hierarchies and inequalities foster doubt that is commonplace and predictable, resulting in what Tuerkheimer calls the credibility discountour dismissal of claims by certain kinds of speakersprimarily women, and especially those who are more marginalized.  

 The #MeToo movement has exposed how victims have been badly served by a system that is designed not to protect them, but instead to protect the status quo. Credibility lies at the heart of this system. Drawing on case studies, moving first-hand accounts, science, and the law, Tuerkheimer identifies widespread patterns and their causes, analyzes the role of power, and examines the close, reciprocal relationship between culture and lawguiding us toward accurate credibility judgments and equitable treatment of those whose suffering has long been disregarded.

#MeToo has touched off a massive reckoning. To achieve lasting progress, we must shift our approach to belief. Credible helps us forge a path forward to ensuring justice for the countless individuals affected by sexual misconduct.

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ID: 538240

Title: How to Be Sad: Everything Ive Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad

Author: Helen Russell

Narrator: Helen Russell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:28:03

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Mental Health

Summary:

''In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. That is part of the human experience. Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be happier.''Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute

''How to Be Sad is a poignant, funny, and deeply practical guide to better navigating one of our most misunderstood human emotions. It's a must-read for anyone looking to improve their happiness by befriending the full range of their own feelings.'' - Laurie Santos, Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast

An expert on the pursuit of happiness combines her powerful personal story with surprising research and expert advice to reveal the secret of finding joy: allowing sadness to enrich your life and relationships.

Helen Russell has researched sadness from the inside out for her entire life. Her earliest memory is of the day her sister died. Her parents divorced soon after, and her mother didnt receive the help she needed to grieve. Coping with her own emotional turmoilincluding struggles with body image and infertilityshes endured professional and personal setbacks as well as relationships that have imploded in truly spectacular ways. Even the things that brought her the greatest joylike eventually becoming a parentare fraught with challenges.

While devoting a career to writing books on happiness, Helen discovered just how many people are terrified of sadness. But the key to happiness is unhappinessby allowing ourselves to experience pain, we learn to truly appreciate and embrace joy. How to Be Sad is a memoir about living with sadness, as well as an upbeat manifesto for change that encourages us to accept and express our emotions, both good and bad. Interweaving Helens personal testimony with the latest research on sadnessfrom psychologists, geneticists, neuroscientists and historiansas well as the experiences of writers, comics, athletes and change-makers from around the world, this vital and inspiring guide explores why we get sad, what makes us feel this way, and how it can be a force for good. 

Timely and essential, How to Be Sad is about how we can better look after ourselves and each other, simply by getting smarter about sadness. 

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ID: 538550

Title: Fireborn

Author: Aisling Fowler

Narrator: Hayden Bishop

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:26:45

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Lyra. Lucy. Percy. Once in a generation, a hero emerges whose story enthralls readers worldwide.

Fireborn is an epic quest, perfect for fans of the His Dark Materials and The School for Good and Evil series, that will spin readers into a magical world like no otherand introduce them to an unforgettable new heroine named Twelve.

Ember is full of monsters.

Twelve gave up her name and identity to train in the art of hunting themso she says. The truth is much more deadly: she trains to take revenge on those who took her family from her.

But when Twelves new home is attacked, shell find herself on an unexpected journey, where her hidden past is inescapably intertwined with her destinyand the very fate of her world.

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ID: 543921

Title: Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Author: Sesali Bowen

Narrator: Sesali Bowen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:32:03

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Women

Summary:

Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say.Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Sesali perfectly vocalizes the inner dialogue, and daily mantras needed to be a Bad Bitch.Gabourey Sidibe, actor, director, and author of This is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare

A powerful call for a more inclusive and 'real' feminism.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Bowen writes from an authentic space for Black women who are often left out of feminist conversations due to respectability politics, but who are just as deserving of the same voice and liberation.Booklist (starred review)

From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut.

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned early on how to hustle, stay on her toes, and champion other Black women and femmes as she navigated Blackness, queerness, fatness, friendship, poverty, sex work, and self-love. 

Her love of trap music led her to the top of hip-hop journalism, profiling game-changing artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, and Janelle Monae. But despite all the beauty, complexity, and general badassery she saw, Bowen found none of that nuance represented in mainstream feminism. Thus, she coined Trap Feminism, a contemporary framework that interrogates where feminism meets today's hip-hop.

Bad Fat Black Girl offers a new, inclusive feminism for the modern world. Weaving together searing personal essay and cultural commentary, Bowen interrogates sexism, fatphobia, and capitalism all within the context of race and hip-hop. In the process, she continues a Black feminist legacy of unmatched sheer determination and creative resilience.

Bad bitches: this ones for you.

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ID: 516041

Title: Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Author: Brandy Colbert

Narrator: Brandy Colbert, Kristyl Dawn Tift

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:25:30

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Teen, Historical, Tough Topics

Summary:

A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood Districta thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives.

In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today?

These are the questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In examining the tension that was brought to a boil by many factorswhite resentment of Black economic and political advancement, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, the tone and perspective of the media, and morea portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation, but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of white violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement in the midtwentieth century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today.

The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, ambitious and intimate in turn, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of Americaand by showing us who we are, points to a way forward.

YALSA Honor Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

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ID: 538231

Title: Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir

Author: J. M. Thompson

Narrator: Samuel Roukin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:22:01

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Fitness

Summary:

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.

Voluntary or involuntary? asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that death was his only exit route from the torture of his mind. After a suicide attempt, he spent weeks confined on the psych ward, feeling scared, alone, and trapped. One afternoon during an exercise break he experienced a sudden urge. Run, I thought. Run before its too late and youre stuck down there. Right now. Run.

The impulse that starts with sprints across a hospital rooftop turns into all night runs in the mountains. Through motion and immersion in the beauty of nature, Thompson finds a way out of the hell of depression and drug addiction. Step by step, mile by mile, his body and mind heal. In this lyrical, vulnerable, and breathtaking memoir, J. M. Thompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his depression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him. Running Is a Kind of Dreaming is a luminous literary testament to the universal human capacity to recover from our deepest wounds.

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ID: 538541

Title: Cinders and Sparks #2: Fairies in the Forest

Author: Lindsey Kelk

Narrator: Shaina Summerville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:01:41

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-21

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Humor

Summary:

Cinders & Sparks is a fresh, funny, and fabulous take on Cinderella for everyone who loves series like Whatever After and Grimmtastic Girls.

Cinders, her talking dog Sparks, and the hapless Hansel are on their way to Fairylandbut first theyll have to make it through the Deep Dark Forest, where theyll meet three bears, a multitude of adventures, and one woman called Rapunzel.

Will Hansel eat the three bears porridge? Will Sparks offer useless advice at every turn? Will Brian the fairy godmother appear and actually help for once?

The answers are: yes, yes, and no.

The second book in bestselling author Lindsey Kelks ridiculously entertaining trilogy is filled with adventure, talking dogs, and pure comic silliness. Perfect for readers age 8-12.

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