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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...

In January 2019, then 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed escaped from her family while holidaying in Kuwait. She was fleeing systematic abuse of her human rights as a woman growing up in Saudi Arabia and, specifically, her family's threats to kill her because she desired the freedoms Western...

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...

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott...

“A vital, inspiring book” (O, The Oprah Magazine)—a ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of the courageous movement that won Saudi women the right to drive. Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter...

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...

You are exactly what the world needs What if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how. In this paradigm-shifting new...

Um belo e comovente retrato de uma das ativistas mais brilhantes do século XX, que inspirou gerações de mulheres negras a trilhar o caminho da liberdade e da militância. Inclui uma carta inédita de Lélia Gonzalez escrita aos 18 anos e um epílogo sobre a atualidade de seu pensamento. Cada...

Ein Plädoyer für Zusammenhalt, Sisterhood und den Mut, laut zu sein: Das erste Hörbuch der Aktivistin Hamadan Hasun (@hami.hsn). Die Familiengeschichte einer Flucht aus dem Irak und dem Neuanfang in Deutschland. Als Jesiden vor dem Genozid im Irak geflohen, musste sich Hamis Familie aus dem Nichts eine neue Existenz aufbauen. Was sie rettete, war ihre Sisterhood: starke Frauen, die einander unterstützen, anstatt miteinander zu konkurrieren.

Depuis le 7 octobre, je ne dors plus vraiment. Je ferme les yeux, mais la nuit ne me repose pas. Elle me replonge dedans. Le tunnel. Les explosions. Les cris qui déchirent l'air. Je me réveille en sursaut, le cœur affolé, avec une question qui cogne plus fort que tout : comment continuer ? Même la nuit ne veut pas de moi est le récit d'un homme qui a vacillé dans une époque qui tremble, mais qui a découvert une vérité essentielle : on ne tient pas seul.

Before she broke through ceilings . . . she had to survive. Sherneatha Youngblood's strategic journey did not begin in boardrooms or executive offices; it began with trauma and the need to survive. From dumpster diving for food as a child in East St. Louis, Illinois, to navigating foster care, grief, and abuse, Sherneatha learned early that survival requires more than strength: it demands awareness, resilience, and the ability to find value where the world sees none.

In this firsthand exposé, a former Columbia Business School professor mounts a blistering indictment of how radical politics, ideological indoctrination, and institutional indifference have transformed campuses into incubators of anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli, and anti-American hatred. American...

If you're looking for a way to make a positive impact on the world, Matthew S. Friedman's inspiring book is the perfect guide. Through his incredible experiences and tireless activism over 35 years, he shows us that one person truly can create a ripple effect that leads to global change. As you...

The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history. Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million...

On a warm October night in 1905, a respected banker stepped out of his office and into the darkness. Hours later, he would take his own life, leaving behind a handwritten confession and its most devastating line: "Andrews has worked my ruin." By morning, his bank had collapsed, taking the life...

Die iranische Friedensnobelpreisträgerin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin Narges Mohammadi erzählt erstmals ihre eigene Geschichte Es ist die Geschichte einer furchtlosen Frau und ihres unermüdlichen Einsatzes für politischen Wandel, Gleichberechtigung, Frauenrechte und die Rechte eines ganzen...

Niall Harbison sempre esbanjou talento. Desde muito cedo, seu olhar inovador lhe permitiu alçar grandes voos profissionais. Porém, traumas do passado sempre o acompanhavam. Em meio à ansiedade, depressão e vício em álcool, drogas e apostas, Niall passou a enfrentar grandes dificuldades que o levaram a falir.