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A powerful document about slavery, emancipation, faith, and resilience, Narrative of Sojourner Truth chronicles the life of a nineteenth-century trailblazer in the battle for racial and gender equality. Beginning with her earliest reminiscences of her brutal childhood, Truth recounts the first thirty years of her life in bondage, including her marriage and her trials as a mother, and then describes her eventual liberation. At the heart of this extraordinary record is Truth’s spiritual epiphany.

Dieses Buch handelt von Pionieren. Es erzählt die Geschichte von Menschen, die vor moralischer Ambition nur so strotzten: Abolitionisten, Suffragetten, Helden des Widerstands und Bürgerrechtlerinnen, von Menschen, die nicht nur Ideale hatten, sondern ihre Karrieren auch nach diesen Idealen ausrichteten – und den Lauf der Welt veränderten.

Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for his groundbreaking advocacy for gender equality in science. In this book, completed shortly before his death, Barres (born Barbara Barres in 1954) describes a life full of remarkable accomplishments. Barres recounts his early life and felt even as a very young child that he was assigned the wrong gender. After years of being acutely uncomfortable in his own skin, Barres transitioned from female to male. It was after transitioning that he realized how differently male and female scientists are treated.

Wanda Sykes, LeVar Burton, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Gabourey Sidibe head a cast of beloved actors performing 23 selections from the speeches, sermons, and essays of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—many never recorded during his lifetime. For the first time, teachers, students, and thoughtful listeners can hear dramatic interpretations of Dr. King’s words, chosen and introduced by Cornel West.

"Sometimes I want to spend hours talking with my best friends about boys and fashion and school and life. I want to go to the gym; I want my hair to look nice; I want to be allowed to wear jeans. I want to be a normal young woman living in America, sometimes. But I want other things more. All the time. I want to be spiritually and emotionally filled every day. I want to be loved and cuddled by a hundred children and never go a day without laughing.

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against...

Based on new and revelatory material from Brando’s own private archives, an award-winning film biographer presents a deeply-textured, ambitious, and definitive portrait of the greatest movie actor of the twentieth century, the elusive Marlon Brando, bringing his extraordinarily complex life...

Longlisted for Autobiography of the Year, Sports Book Awards 2022 The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller A deeply personal and inspiring memoir from one of the most celebrated and influential names in British sport. Tom Daley captured the hearts of the nation with his unforgettable medal-winning...

A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America. From The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin...

Es fing nicht mit Politik an. Es fing damit an, dass ihn jemand haben wollte. Philip Schlaffer wächst behütet an der Ostseeküste auf. Mit zehn zieht er nach England, wird dort als Deutscher gemobbt und kehrt vier Jahre später zurück – in ein Land, dessen Sprache er inzwischen halb verlernt hat. Er ist der Außenseiter. Bis er eine Gruppe findet, in der er plötzlich dazugehört. Und eine Musik, die ihm vermittelt: Du bist richtig, so wie du bist.

A revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregation in America only to be forgotten by history. Born in Florida to a religious family, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) was a white Southern woman...

La lauréate du Prix Nobel de la Paix et défenseuse des droits humains, Narges Mohammadi, se livre pour la première fois. Narges Mohammadi est ce que nous appelons une femme libre. Depuis sa jeunesse, elle a décidé de renoncer à une vie conventionnelle pour s'engager dans la lutte pour l'égalité et les droits des femmes, mais également de tout un peuple. Dans Une Femme ne renonce jamais, elle revient sur son parcours hors normes, celui d'une infatigable militante qui, malgré les emprisonnements et la torture, refuse de se taire.

Community leader and former Manitoba MLA, Kevin Chief shares his story of strength, resilience, recovery, and identity. In With a Name Like Chief, Kevin frankly and honestly recounts growing up in poverty in Winnipeg's North End, navigating the challenges of growing up in a single-parent home with his alcoholic father, becoming an MVP basketball star and captain of his university team, overcoming his own alcohol addiction to find recovery, and being elected to the Manitoba legislature twice.

A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him 'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your Rehab 'Beautifully written. Takes us right inside a young person's life and is ultimately uplifting in the way they...

Mientras crecía, los padres de Rafa no querían que se sintiera diferente porque, como su mamá le dijo: “Los sueños no deben tener fronteras”. Pero cuando intentó sacar su licencia de conducir en su tercer año de preparatoria, sus padres se vieron forzados a revelarle su estatus...

'This gripping memoir conveys the courage and cost of telling a truer story' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY 'A memoir of an extraordinary life, which takes in the past 50 years of Xinjiang's history ... fascinating' THE TIMES 'Revelatory' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A powerful and urgent memoir by Uyghur...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ""Of special interest to readers seeking to better understand Canada’s little-discussed racial issues. . . . Illuminating reading."" -- Kirkus Reviews A former CFL champion’s engrossing personal story of spirituality and rebellion, and an inspiring call to action against...

A former football champion’s engrossing personal story of spirituality and rebellion, and an inspiring call to action against systemic racism. The son of a Jamaican father and a Quebecois mother, Balarama Holness spent his earliest, most formative years on an ashram in West Virginia, learning...

When we allow ourselves to embrace both ordinary and extraordinary experiences, we can feel the divine anywhere. No matter where we are—on a walk in the woods, in a sacred building, or in a dusty refugee camp—signs of love abound. There is no secret formula to experiencing the sacred in our...

As rare as 1 in 50,000—Michaela Mulroe defied the odds: the odds of systemic expectations designed by those who never had to live by them. Born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a cranio-facial disorder that affected her hearing, speech, and appearance, doctors predicted Michaela would live for only eight days as she struggled to breathe on her own. But she persisted, navigating the early reliance on a feeding tube and a trach alongside her younger brother, who was also born with Treacher Collins Syndrome.