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Unveiling Our Story: Intimate African American Narratives is a powerful and timely tribute to the voices that history too often tries to silence. In an era where African American history is being questioned, diluted, and even erased, this audiobook stands as a bold act of remembrance and resistance. Through deeply personal accounts from individuals closely connected to the author, this collection reveals the triumphs and trials of Black life in America over the past century. These stories-raw and resilient-shine a light on the enduring legacy of racism, but they also go far beyond it.

My Desire to Win is a raw, powerful testimony of survival, addiction, betrayal, and redemption. From the streets of Chicago to prison cells, from gang leadership to God’s healing hand—Sister Ruby walks listeners through the darkest chapters of her life with unflinching honesty and Spirit-filled hope. This isn’t just a story—it’s a war cry for every soul still fighting to be free. If you’ve ever felt too broken, too lost, or too far gone—this book is for you. You’re not alone. And your desire to win still lives.

The post-industrial city of Akron, Ohio is losing its trees. Politicians have been selling off the community’s greenspace instead of fixing up the areas in blight. However when a developer comes in with plans to destroy a forested wetland on White Pond Drive, a group of concerned citizens begin speaking up. One of the people involved is a biology teacher hoping to protect the frogs and other wildlife in the area before her memories of them are all that’s left.

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」
タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。これまでの幸せや成功の価値観で生きていくにはあまりにも不確定で困難な時代に「要領よく生きる」だけではない別の選択肢を考えたい。

In the mid-1800s, the Grant and McFarland families struggled to survive in Motherwell, Scotland's harsh, unforgiving landscape. Hard labor, loss, and poverty define their lives, but a dream of a better future pulls them forward—a future across the ocean in America.

In Hope for the Holler, a seasoned foster parent, Appalachia advocate, and social services professional takes listeners on a no-nonsense, insider’s journey through the foster care crisis in West Virginia. This is a book born of heartbreak, honesty, and hope. From funeral homes and pharmacies to family courtrooms and kitchen tables, the realities of the foster care system come to life—messy, broken, and urgent. What sets this book apart is its raw authenticity and unflinching voice: equal parts social commentary, investigative journalism, and policy proposal.

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

Los moriscos nunca vencieron su vulnerabilidad, angustia, mortalidad y siempre estuvieron cuestionándose qué hacer, quién ser, por qué luchar y a qué darle valor. Vivieron dentro de un mundo interior de negación debido al sufrimiento y trauma que tuvieron a lo largo de su vida sintiendo una constante lucha interna por extrañar lo que fueron o lo que hubieran querido ser cuestionándose cosas sin encontrar respuestas a las mismas. Fueron conscientes de una realidad donde llegaron a ser lo que no quisieron ser. Donde el pasado dejó de existir.

Declaring that you would rather cut your own throat than meet with the Democratic machine boss to talk out your differences was not the usual way to become Mayor of Hoboken in New Jersey’s Hudson County of the 1890s. But that’s exactly what Lawrence Fagan did, prior to winning the job for the first time in 1893. A Democrat but independent in actions and views, Fagan served four consecutive terms during the city’s period of peak immigration and population growth.

Dans ce livre profondément humain, Alain Samson rend hommage à une génération bénie tout en tendant la main à celles qui suivent. Il y parle de reconnaissance, de transmission, de douceur et de paix intérieure. Il nous invite à dire merci au passé sans s’y enfermer, et à accueillir l’avenir avec empathie et confiance. Nous, les chanceux n’est pas un livre sur le passé : c’est une lettre d’amour au monde, un message d’espoir pour l’humanité qui continue.

Journalist Mitch Rubman explores cannabis dispensaries and lounges while discovering the subculture of cannabis, a subculture of 30 million users.

'There's no other place I'd rather have begun, no other place I ever wanted to reach. This is my story.' The first autobiography from legendary Welsh rugby player George North. George North is a true legend of Welsh rugby, an integral part of the national team for fourteen years. Recently...

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025 “I am forever changed after reading this book.” —Javier Zamora, author of Solito From the renowned Palestinian scholar, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return...

27 personal histories of immigrant restaurant workers in New York City whose stories of persistence, hope, and endurance show how vital they are to our country. Compiled by a longtime chef who knows how indispensable—and fascinating—they are

Born out of grief after the loss of her father, the author dives into family histories to search for answers and comfort. Bringing her ancestors to life, the author shares the stories of five immigrant Jewish families who shape Seattle's early years, its retail culture and its gilded age. In this delightful book, Karen Treiger places herself in the long arc of history and invites the listener to join her time travel. The story telling is masterful as she describes the origin of each family who emigrated to the United States from central and eastern Europe between 1874 and 1913.

Eine spannende Geschichte einer Kindheit die anders war. Mein Spielplatz war die Straße. Die Gegend in der das stattgefunden hat, war München. Nicht Schwabing oder in einem Teil von München wo es gesittet zuging. Es war ein Viertel das einzigartig war. Es war zwischen dem Hasenbergl, wo es damals die höchste Anzahl an Kinder gab und dem Straßenstrich. Grenzen gab es scheinbar keine. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Zeit von 1960 und 1980. Wo Sex noch tabu war, der Sperrbezirk sich noch mitten in München befand und wo es Sex noch nicht im Internet zu entdecken gab.

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

The Souls of Others is a powerful essay collection by American Book Award winner Shann Ray. Ray depicts the American west as both magnificent and destitute. The mountains are alive. The people are gritty and resilient. Nature offers its bounty but never gives it with ease. Ray, having spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, expertly paints a place of family, sorrow, and a connection to Mother Nature that so many Americans have lost.

In this “energetic” (Publishers Weekly) memoir, Victor Woods vividly recounts a trouble-filled and misunderstood coming-of-age in the suburbs of Chicago, the rollercoaster ride that led him to captain a multi-million dollar counterfeit scheme, and his life-changing stint in federal prison...