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Bestsellers
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021
- By: Angela Merkel
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel looks back on her life in two German states—35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany and offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power.
By: Angela Merkel
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Woodrow Wilson
- The Light Withdrawn
- By: Christopher Cox
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 25 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality and women’s suffrage.
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An Unbalanced Hatchet Job
- By Maturin on 11-25-24
By: Christopher Cox
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Down Girl
- The Logic of Misogyny
- By: Kate Manne
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics....
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Five Star Book w/bad Narration
- By Cherrybomb on 02-08-19
By: Kate Manne
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The Confidante
- The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
- By: Christopher C. Gorham
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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With a disarming mix of charm and Tammany-hewn toughness, Rosenberg began her career in public relations in 1920s Manhattan. As FDR's unofficial adviser, Rosenberg soon wielded enormous influence—no less potent for being subtle. Her extraordinary career continued after his death....
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Part History, Part Promotion
- By D. Bucks on 06-07-23
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In True Face
- A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
- By: Jonna Mendez
- Narrated by: Barbara Benjamin-Creel
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe....
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the CIA
- By Maggie May on 03-11-24
By: Jonna Mendez
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Good and Mad
- How Women's Anger Is Reshaping America
- By: Rebecca Traister
- Narrated by: Rebecca Traister
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times best-selling author of All the Single Ladies, comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement....
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The perfect book for October 2018.
- By Kate Willette on 10-03-18
By: Rebecca Traister
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021
- By: Angela Merkel
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel looks back on her life in two German states—35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany and offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power.
By: Angela Merkel
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Woodrow Wilson
- The Light Withdrawn
- By: Christopher Cox
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 25 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality and women’s suffrage.
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An Unbalanced Hatchet Job
- By Maturin on 11-25-24
By: Christopher Cox
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Down Girl
- The Logic of Misogyny
- By: Kate Manne
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics....
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Five Star Book w/bad Narration
- By Cherrybomb on 02-08-19
By: Kate Manne
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The Confidante
- The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
- By: Christopher C. Gorham
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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With a disarming mix of charm and Tammany-hewn toughness, Rosenberg began her career in public relations in 1920s Manhattan. As FDR's unofficial adviser, Rosenberg soon wielded enormous influence—no less potent for being subtle. Her extraordinary career continued after his death....
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Part History, Part Promotion
- By D. Bucks on 06-07-23
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In True Face
- A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
- By: Jonna Mendez
- Narrated by: Barbara Benjamin-Creel
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe....
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the CIA
- By Maggie May on 03-11-24
By: Jonna Mendez
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Good and Mad
- How Women's Anger Is Reshaping America
- By: Rebecca Traister
- Narrated by: Rebecca Traister
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times best-selling author of All the Single Ladies, comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement....
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The perfect book for October 2018.
- By Kate Willette on 10-03-18
By: Rebecca Traister
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Crusade for Justice
- The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
- By: Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster - editor
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This engaging memoir, originally published 1970, relates Ida B. Wells’ private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice....
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Important person, sing-song narration
- By Judith Evans on 03-05-22
By: Ida B. Wells, and others
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It's What You Do Next
- The Fall and Rise of Nashville's First Female Mayor
- By: Megan Barry
- Narrated by: Megan Barry
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Barry loved three things the most in the world—her son, Max, her husband, Bruce, and her job as the mayor of Nashville . . . until she lost two of them. Her monumental lapse in judgment led to a painful public reckoning and the fall of her rising political career.
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Most Honest Book I've Ever Read And Still Gripping
- By Anonymous User on 12-14-24
By: Megan Barry
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Women Money Power
- The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
- By: Josie Cox
- Narrated by: Josie Cox
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In Women Money Power, business journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women’s fight for freedom and economic equality....
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Great reporting
- By Tyler on 03-28-24
By: Josie Cox
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Extraordinary, Ordinary People
- A Memoir of Family
- By: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrated by: Condoleezza Rice
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of a world leader, but of a little girl - and a young woman - trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world....
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Fabulous!
- By Steve on 03-03-11
By: Condoleezza Rice
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Blood, Fire & Gold
- The Story of Elizabeth I & Catherine de Medici
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A beautifully thorough examination into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as well as the course of history.
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16th Century Feminists
- By Tommy on 01-23-23
By: Estelle Paranque
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Lessons from the Edge
- A Memoir
- By: Marie Yovanovitch
- Narrated by: Marie Yovanovitch
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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By the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption, instability, and tragedy in developing countries....
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Heroic patriot's amazing story
- By Victoria Eriksson on 03-19-22
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Black Women Will Save the World
- An Anthem
- By: April Ryan
- Narrated by: April Ryan
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In this long-overdue celebration of Black women’s resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on “The Year That Changed Everything”—2020—and African-American women’s unprecedented role in upholding democracy....
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An excellent start, but still a ways to go
- By Buretto on 12-17-22
By: April Ryan
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Without Exception
- Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood, and Freedom
- By: Pam Houston
- Narrated by: Pam Houston
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Written with equal parts candor and lyricism, Pam Houston illuminates the interconnected histories of abortion in the United States and in her own life during the decades when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land.
By: Pam Houston
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Reform or Revolution
- By: Rosa Luxemburg
- Narrated by: Sam Marseille
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Reform or Revolution, also titled Social Reform or Revolution? is an 1899 pamphlet by Polish-German Marxist theorist Rosa Luxemburg....
By: Rosa Luxemburg
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Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words
- Speeches and Writings
- By: Zinga A. Fraser
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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LOOKING BEYOND HER POLITICAL SYMBOLISM TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY WHO SHIRLEY CHISHOLM WAS BUT WHO SHE IS—A REVOLUTIONARY THINKER WITH MUCH TO TEACH US TODAY.
By: Zinga A. Fraser
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A More Perfect Party
- The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
- By: Juanita Tolliver
- Narrated by: Juanita Tolliver
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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A riveting account of the once-in-an-era party, hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, that laid out a blueprint to return power to the people and level the playing field for Black women in politics.
By: Juanita Tolliver
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Shattered
- Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
- By: Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails....
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Hillary was too smart to win: A book of excuses
- By Kevin Tamari on 04-19-17
By: Jonathan Allen, and others
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Fiona Hill
- Narrated by: Fiona Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia....
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- By Erin on 10-08-21
By: Fiona Hill
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Wake Up America
- Black Women on the Future of Democracy
- By: Keisha N. Blain - Edited by
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this exhilarating anthology of original essays, Keisha N. Blain brings together the voices of major progressive Black women politicians, grassroots activists, and intellectuals to offer critical insights on how we can create a more equitable political future.
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
- And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
- By: Kristen R. Ghodsee
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done right, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work-life balance, and yes, even better sex....
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Typical socialist manipulation
- By Ryan S. on 02-26-19
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Speaking for Myself
- Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House
- By: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Narrated by: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders served as White House press secretary for President Donald J. Trump from 2017 to 2019. A trusted confidante of the president, Sanders advised him on everything from press and communications strategy to personnel and policy....
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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
- By Albert Ross on 09-08-20
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Periods Gone Public
- Taking a Stand on Menstrual Equality
- By: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
- Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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The first book to explore menstruation in the current cultural and political landscape and to investigate the new wave of period activism taking the world by storm....
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Excellent Information, Performance Lacking
- By C Carpenter on 11-12-19
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Climate Justice
- Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
- By: Mary Robinson, Caitríona Palmer - with
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Climate Justice is an urgent call to arms by one of the most important voices in the international fight against climate change, sharing inspiring stories and offering vital lessons for the path forward....
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An absolute must-read!
- By Ksquared31 on 01-15-23
By: Mary Robinson, and others
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Madam Speaker
- Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times best-selling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page....
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Nancy Pelosi, “A True Powerhouse!”
- By Maria on 05-04-21
By: Susan Page
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Electable
- Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House...Yet
- By: Ali Vitali
- Narrated by: Ali Vitali
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A fearless deep dive into the 2020 election from former MSNBC “Road Warrior” and now NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali, who covered the campaign trail every step of the way—investigating the gendered double standards placed on women presidential candidates....
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Enlightened
- By Mother of Pearl 3 on 08-02-24
By: Ali Vitali
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The Matriarch
- Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Kate Levy
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A vivid biography of former first lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and underappreciated women in American political history....
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Insightful
- By Jean on 04-14-19
By: Susan Page
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How to Be a Woman Online
- Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back
- By: Nina Jankowicz
- Narrated by: Nina Jankowicz
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nina Jankowicz's first book on online disinformation was profiled in The New Yorker, she expected attention but not an avalanche of abuse and harassment, predominantly from men, online....
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Excellent book and excellent narration!
- By Katie on 12-09-22
By: Nina Jankowicz
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Fight Like a Mother
- How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World
- By: Shannon Watts
- Narrated by: Shannon Watts
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Fight Like a Mother is the incredible account how one mother’s cry for change became the driving force behind gun-safety progress....
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Wow!
- By Joy McManus on 06-24-19
By: Shannon Watts
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Undiplomatic
- How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble
- By: Deesha Dyer
- Narrated by: Deesha Dyer
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Without credentials, connections or a college degree, a hip-hop journalist and community leader conquered her imposter syndrome while landing one of the most exclusive, sought-after and fun positions in the White House....
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What it takes to stand out!
- By Anonymous User on 11-20-24
By: Deesha Dyer