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In this powerful and immensely engaging follow-up to his first memoir, Sheff picks up where he left off and reveals his first-person account of stints at in-patient rehabilitation facilities, devastating relapses with alcohol and marijuana, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young adult living with addiction.

Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the US Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern-Love essay "I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers" was published in The New York Times, and then she joined the circus - Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL. Karina's memoir covers these experiences and much more.

Born in 1946 in Mansfield, Louisiana, Wade Hudson came of age against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. From their home on Mary Street, his close-knit family watched as the country grappled with desegregation, as the Klan targeted the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and as systemic racism struck across the nation and in their hometown.

The eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life's ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy. The accounts in this collection, adapted for audio, ask listeners to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be “fixed", but as members of a community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations.

Una edición ficcionada y dirigida al gran público de La bailarina de Auschwitz, las inspiradoras memorias de la doctora Edith Eger, superviviente de Aushchwitz, que suman ya más de tres millones de ejemplares vendidos. En 1943, Edie, una joven bailarina húngara, es deportada junto con su familia a Auschwitz. A pesar de los horrores del campo de exterminio, logra sobrevivir gracias a su determinación y al apoyo de su hermana.

Joan of Arc’s tale is one of faith, courage, and destiny. In The Story of Joan of Arc, Andrew Lang recounts the extraordinary life of the young peasant girl who, guided by divine visions, led the French army to victory during the Hundred Years’ War. From her humble beginnings in Domrémy to her triumphant leadership in battle, and ultimately, her tragic trial and martyrdom, Joan’s story remains one of the most compelling in history.

Explore the captivating life story of JT Mestdagh, a young adult who has triumphed over countless adversities—from hundreds of surgeries as a results of his VACTERL syndrome diagnosis, to the lifelong challenge of learning to read with severe dyslexia—to live a life of adventure and inspiration … in a new edition written just for a YA listener.

Unlock the inspiring story of Fatima al-Fihri, a visionary woman whose legacy continues to shape the world of education. "Founder of the World’s First University: Fatima al-Fihri" is a captivating biography that brings to life the achievements of a pioneering Muslim woman who established Al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco, in 859 AD. This book delves into Fatima’s remarkable journey, from her early life and education to her ambitious vision of creating a center of learning that welcomed students from diverse backgrounds.

How did a young lady from a wealthy family in Maryland end up as the Gestapo’s most wanted spy? This YA biography of Virginia Hall, World War II’s most successful female spy, will inspire reluctant listeners and budding history buffs alike.

Conoce esta maravillosa obra que nos cuenta la historia de Santiago Zapata, un niño de 16 años que, a pesar de sufrir una enfermedad muscular de Duchenne, aprendió a leer y escribir por su propia cuenta. Luego de leer más de 650 libros decide escribir su primer ejemplar ‘Caminando con mi Mente’, un manual de vida que describe de manera precisa los pasos para tener una vida sin limitaciones, de igual forma, nos brinda las herramientas para ser mejores personas y lograr tener una mejor versión de si mismo. ¡No te pierdas este espectacular audiolibro y disfruta el viaje de caminar con la mente!

Our schools do not teach enough about lessons in life. Many young people do not sit together with family for dinner or have a parent or other adult who makes the time to discuss the experiences of the day. Most television shows and movies are not helpful. Since young people talk and text together, they are apt to believe some completely misguided ideas. Dropping in on the Waves of Life provides a 3D experience in which you live life through a surfer’s own eyes.

Letters to My Sisters in Engineering inspires girls and women to answer the call and use their gifts to innovate a better world for humanity. This memoir/self-help audiobook will encourage you to fulfill your destiny by being a purpose-driven engineer.

Seen and Now Heard presents a meticulously researched autobiography of a Cuban girl named Crystina Bass. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the Caribbean, South Florida, and California, Crystina's story is a story of Cubans in America. It's a story of growing up in a not-so-typical American family, yet as she says herself, "We are Americans in the purest form of the word."

Let me introduce you to my beloved cat Habibi. She came into our lives when she was six weeks old. She lived a fulfilling and happy life of 20 years. She was given to my daughter for her fifth birthday. She brought so much light and love into our lives. She left so many memories for us that have been so hilarious, that I have to share with others.

A 14-year-old boy struggles with family relationships and accepting the beliefs he was taught as a child. While on the vacation of a lifetime, driving from the United States through México, Central and South America, he visits ruins and reads scripture. As his feelings and opinions begin to clarify, he decides to express his feelings through mazes of scenes representing his religious interpretations, with short write-ups intended to help other young people discover what took him so long to understand.

A coming-of-age story set against the rise of fascism, the collapse of democracy in Slovakia and Hungary, the attempted genocide of the Jewish people, and the eventual conquest of the Allied Forces over Nazi Germany, Escape to the Tatras tells the story of one child’s remarkable journey encompassing the essence of life before and throughout World War II.

Norma D. Davis has struggled with finally telling the truth about how betrayal almost caused her to give up on sisterhood and brotherhood all together when a female soldier helped a male soldier rape her because her sexual moral compass remained the same despite the pressure. Davis only spoke with mental health officials about the traumatic experience and betrayal in 2008 for the first time. Davis came forward and decided that young adults, veterans, males, and females who are heading out into the world need to always be aware of the evil that lurks around them.

Do the names Elizabeth Freeman or Charlotte Forten Grimke ring any bells? Have you ever heard of Sarah Mapps Douglass or Maria Fearing? What about Sara Griffith Stanley, Lucy Craft Laney, and Maria Stewart? While these names may not be familiar to you, these women lived faithful and influential lives in a world that was filled with injustice. They worked to change laws, built schools, spoke to thousands, and shared the Gospel all around the world. And while history books may have forgotten them, their stories can teach us so much about how we can live today.

Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western civilization’s founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this way we could become a society that knows the difference between truth and falsehood, and find what makes a life worthwhile.

In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on—to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in.

Charlotte Salomon was a German-Jewish artist born in Berlin. She is remembered for her autobiographical series of paintings, Life? or Theater?, which consists of 769 individual works painted between 1940 and 1942 while she was in hiding from the Nazis in the south of France, and which has been called a painted parallel to Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl and an early graphic novel. In 1943, she entrusted her collection of paintings to a friend.

Aimed at listeners 12 and up and co-authored by award-winning children's book author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist empowers teen listeners to help create a more just society. Antiracism is a journey—and now young adults will have a map to carve their own path. Kendi and Stone have revised this work to provide anecdotes and data that speaks directly to the experiences and concerns of younger listeners, encouraging them to think critically and build a more equitable world in doing so.

In giorno di agosto del 2005 un tir si ferma in un autogrill vicino a Bressanone. Da sotto sbuca un ragazzino. È tramortito, sporco. Si era legato di nascosto all’asse delle ruote posteriori prima che il tir si imbarcasse su una nave in partenza dalla Grecia. Poi Venezia, l’autostrada, quattro ore in¬finite. Molti altri erano morti così. Quel ragazzino si chiama Alidad Shiri e ha solo quattordici anni. È arrivato dall’Afghanistan, dove i genitori, una sorella e la nonna erano stati uccisi. Si era rifugiato in Pakistan con il fratello, l’altra sorella e gli zii.

Whether you learned about these women in school or not, these Black women changed society and inspired future generations. Learn all about women such as Sojourner Truth, Anita Hill, Wangari Maathai, Aretha Franklin, Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and so many more. Packed with mini biographies of big she-ros, The Book of Awesome Black Women features mighty Black women who are usually omitted from the history books.

There have been many books written about women who changed the world a long time ago. This book goes in-depth and profiles 30 of the most influential girls, teens, and women who are actively changing the world right now. Their stories will inspire teens to take action now and begin creating the type of world that represents them, their values, and their passions.

Primera biografía de Blackpink, la banda femenina de K-pop más exitosa del mundo. Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé y Lisa son las cuatro componentes de Blackpink, el grupo femenino de K-pop que arrasa en el mundo entero. Belleza, juventud, canciones pegadizas... Blackpink lo tiene todo y por ello se ha convertido en el grupo de referencia del K-pop femenino. Millones de adolescentes en todo el mundo cantan en coreano los éxitos de esta banda.

Explore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. In this affirmations audiobook created for Black girls, M. J. Fievre tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes. By reflecting on these themes, you confront the issues that can hold you back from discovering your inner Black joy. Embrace authenticity and celebrate who you are. Finding the courage to live as you are is not easy, so Badass Black Girl is designed to help you nurture creativity and positive self-awareness.

Once upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn’t unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. They had each other. “What if painting was a sin, and the poetry became taboo. And no one ever clapped for me again. My question is, would you?” Oh, they clapped. And aren’t we glad?

After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in refugee camps for ten years, until a refugee relocation program gave her the opportunity to move to the United States. When asked why she should be given a chance to leave the camp, Achut simply told the interviewer: I want life. But the chance at starting a new life in a new country came with a different set of challenges. Some of them equally deadly. Taught by the strong women in her life not to look back, Achut kept moving forward, overcoming one obstacle after another.

From award-winning journalist and children’s book author Mary Cronk Farrell comes the inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave a human face to the Vietnam War. Close-Up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the war’s few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the 20-year conflict. Although she had no formal photographic training and had never before traveled more than a few hundred miles from Paris, Leroy left home at age 21 to travel to Vietnam and document the faces of war.