Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
By: Nishta J. Mehra
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown White Black is a port…
Want to Read $ 11.99"To retrain ourselves to speak differently is a way of indicating that we care enough to be more precise, to make space for others who are different."-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Being a nontraditional family means constantly navigating and questioning public perceptions and stereotypes while also being occupied with the same mundane tasks and activities as every other family. . . ."-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Nothing about parenting Shiv is simple, because we're this at once recognizable yet totally unfamiliar amalgam of a twenty-first-century family: white mom, brown mom, black son. We push a lot of cultural buttons[...] We draw attention without trying to, and the world doesn't always know what to do with us. We are still a novelty for most of the people we encounter, and almost everywhere we go, one of us or all of us are in the minority. [...] There is a consciousness about our family's visibility, what it means, how our choices will be judged, and, on top of that, the extra consciousness of trying not to let that factor into our decisions too much."-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
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1. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
By: Ann Fessler
4.24
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrend… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- memoir
- adoption
"Secrets keep families sick. You never keep secrets in families because even if the child doesn't know what the secret is, they will always know there is a secret."-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
"We were not criminals. We're mothers. The difference was I was not an authenticated mother. I was an illegal mother. I was a denied mother. And I had to come home and live my life after being robbed …"-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
2. The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals
By: Merlin Tuttle
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatur… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
3. A Bollywood Affair
By: Sonali Dev
3.67
Format: None pages,
Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more
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- audiobook
4. Mind of My Mind (Patternmaster, #2)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his pr… read more
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5. Clay's Ark (Patternmaster, #3)
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An innocent familiy, carjacked on a desolate highway, is abducted to a bizarre new world. A world b… read more
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6. For Her Consideration (Out in Hollywood, #1)
By: Amy Spalding
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Meryl Wilsner, a funny, heartwarming, and moving novel abou… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
- queer
7. Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance
By: Jessamyn Stanley
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Funny, thoughtful, inspiring, and deeply personal essays about yoga, wellness, and life from author… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"I don’t know where all of this leaves us, but I do know that cultural appropriation is not a requirement of practicing American yoga. Yoga will lead you back to your own native culture every time. If…"-Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance
8. American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
By: Gabrielle Glaser
4.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, th… read more
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- memoir
- adoption
- nonfiction
- social justice
- adult
- audiobook
9. Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly fo… read more
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"Curiosity killed the cat,"-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
"My dear, why send Aly to wait on us?"-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
"Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt."-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
"We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined."-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
10. Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.28
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Aly’s adventure continues…. No longer a slave, Alanna’s daughter is now spying as part of an underg… read more
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"She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men."-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
"I wanted to have something good to remember about today,"-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
"There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places."-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
"The god inside the man glanced at Aly. "This is your chessboard, I believe, my dear." Aly beamed at him. "So it is. And the game begins."-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
11. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
12. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
13. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
14. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
15. Sink: A Memoir
By: Joseph Earl Thomas
3.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous h… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
16. In Charm's Way (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #4)
By: Lana Harper
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A witch struggling to regain what she has lost casts a forbidden spell—only to discover much more t… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
- queer
17. Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
By: R. Eric Thomas
4.03
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of Elle's "Eric Reads the News," a poignant and hilarious memoir-in-essays about g… read more
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- audiobook
- race
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Who am I doing this for and do they want what I want?"-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
"No, but has the tyranny of facts ever stopped me before? Again, no."-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
"...the thing about success is that it doesn't seem like a natural result of unsuccessfulness."-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
"What is more romantic than the sudden revelation of the thing you didn't even dare to hope for?"-R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
18. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
19. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
By: Anna Akbari
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
20. Missing White Woman
By: Kellye Garrett
3.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The truth is never skin deep. It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
21. You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult
By: Lane Moore
3.29
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes a searingly intimate, ye… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
- audiobook
22. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
By: Rebecca Traister
4.37
Format: 320 pages, ebook
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
23. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
By: Tarana Burke
4.52
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artis… read more
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- race
- memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- audiobook
"The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit."-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"At the time, the whispers to keep silent and appear normal were deafening. And so we did. There is no blame here. We were just trying to survive. (Where the Truth Rests)"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"Dangerous is the woman who can give herself what she used to seek from others. Limitless is the woman who dares to name herself. The way I see it, shame cannot oppress what acceptance has already cla…"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
"Systems of white supremacy teach us shame because they have no guilt. Rejecting shame for Black lives means rejecting individual responsibility for structural failures. (Unlearning Shame and Remember…"-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
24. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
By: Hala Alyan
4.22
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"My favorite house is my mother."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
25. What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
By: Melissa Guida-Richards
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The White Fragility for transracial adoption--practical tools for nurturing identity, unlearning wh… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- adult
- adoption
"Currently not enough is being done to make sure adoptive parents receive continued education and counseling in transracial adoption to help support them as their child ages. There is some focus on in…"-Melissa Guida-Richards, What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
26. No Memes of Escape (A Brooklyn Murder Mystery, #2)
By: Olivia Blacke
3.35
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Amateur sleuth Odessa Dean is about to discover the only thing harder than finding her way out of a… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
27. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)
By: Juneau Black
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
28. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
29. And So I Roar
By: Abi Daré
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
30. Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
By: Nishta J. Mehra
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown White Black is a port… read more
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- audiobook
- race
- memoir
- lgbt
- adoption
- nonfiction
- social justice
- essays
- adult
- queer
"To retrain ourselves to speak differently is a way of indicating that we care enough to be more precise, to make space for others who are different."-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Being a nontraditional family means constantly navigating and questioning public perceptions and stereotypes while also being occupied with the same mundane tasks and activities as every other family…"-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Nothing about parenting Shiv is simple, because we're this at once recognizable yet totally unfamiliar amalgam of a twenty-first-century family: white mom, brown mom, black son. We push a lot of cult…"-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
31. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
