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  • Loyal to the Sky

    Notes from an Activist

    "In this brightly detailed blend of personal memoir and political reportage, Handler recounts her life of activism . . . [an] absorbing call to action." — BooklistBorn in apartheid South Africa, Marisa Handler emigrated to Southern California at the age of twelve. Her gradual realization that injustice existed even in this more open, democratic society spurred a lifelong commitment to activism ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Authentic Social Change

    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    58 min

    A true global citizen, Marisa Handler was born in South Africa to a Jewish family. They moved away from the imposed apartheid to California's San Fernando Valley, when she was eleven years old. She has since become an activist for social justice, and is inspired by the wisdom of her spiritual convictions of compassion, and her understanding that the process of deep listening is the true road to ... Read more

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  • Call Them by Their True Names

    American Crises (and Essays)

    "[A] call to arms that takes on a range of social and political problems in America—from racism and misogyny to climate change and Donald Trump" ( Poets & Writers).National Book Award LonglistWinner of the Kirkus Prize for NonfictionWinner of the Foreword INDIE Editor's Choice Prize for NonfictionRebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including the international bests... ... Read more

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  • Adventure Divas

    Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine

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  • Look for Me There

    Grieving My Father, Finding Myself

    by Luke Russert ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUpdated with new afterword from the author.In Look for Me There, Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his journey to some of the world’s most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition, and purpose—with intense self-reflection, honesty, and courage."—Savannah Guthrie, coanchor of Today... ... Read more

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  • The Voluntourist

    A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem

    by Ken Budd ...
    Ken Budd’s The Voluntourist is a remarkable travel memoir about losing your father, accepting your fate, and finding your purpose by volunteering around the world for numerous worthy causes: Hurricane Katrina disaster relief in New Orleans, helping special needs children in China, studying climate change in Ecuador, lending a hand—and a heart—at a Palestinian refugee camp in the Middle East, to ... Read more

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  • Imitation

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  • Incarceration Nations

    A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World

    In this crucial study, named one of the Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction Books of 2016 and now in paperback, Baz Dreisinger goes behind bars in nine countries to investigate the current conditions in prisons worldwide.Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the ... Read more

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  • Half and Half

    Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural

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  • Captivity

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    The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forces commandos.In November 2005, James Loney and three other men — Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, British citizen Norman Kember and American Tom Fox — were taken hostage at gunpoint. The men were with ... Read more

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