Audiobooks narrated by Angela Juarez

"Internationally bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (The Big Orange Splot) brings his zany wit and wisdom to the magical adventures of a clever girl and her brave dog. Told with warmth and wit, this is a delightful exploration of growing up, the power of family, and how sometimes the best things in life happen when you least expect them. ''Now what could be more fun than that?,' they ask in Jules, Penny & The Rooster, and the only possible answer is the entirety of Pinkwater's book itself—girl adepts, telepathic dogs, largehearted aunts, dancing fauns, magic museums, characters named Hamantaschen, and all.” —Mark London Williams, author of the Danger Boy series and Max Random and the Zombie 500 Jules McShultz was promised a dog. Supposedly, she'd get one once her family moved from the city to the suburbs. But then her parents decided it still wasn't the right time. So, Jules does what any intelligent girl would do. Instead of sulking, she enters an essay contest and wins first prize: A purebred Collie. And no one—not even Jules' parents—can resist Penny, who is clearly Jules's perfect new canine pal. Jules and Penny are ready to spend the summer exploring the woods by the house. But the woods are not at all what they seem to be. Magic and adventure await them just on the other side of an old stone wall."

Daniel Pinkwater (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Reservoir Bitches: Stories

"LONGLISTED for the 2025 International Booker Prize A debut collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny stories about Mexican women who fight, skirt, cheat, cry, kill, and lie their way to survival. 'Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth.' In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life and become her. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to endure, telling their own stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once a work of black humor and social critique, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico's most thrilling new writers. Contains mature themes."

Dahlia de la Cerda (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Money Talks: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Financial Empowerment

"An educator's essential guide to teaching inclusive financial literacy in any setting "A game-changer . . . Her RICH Framework gives educators a clear path to making money conversations empowering for every student."-Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche, New York Times best-selling author of Get Good With Money Money Talks-here's how to empower students to join the conversation Diana Isern, a financial educator and school leader with 20 years in public education, has spent the past decade teaching students how to think and talk about money. Now, as financial literacy mandates surge across the US, she's gathered her top resources and strategies in Money Talks, your jargon-free, interactive guide to inclusive financial wellness education. This hands-on resource for high school educators offers personal reflection exercises and practical methods for teaching financial concepts like money mindset, building credit and savings, investing in the stock market and in real estate, and navigating new digital economies. Money Talks is grounded in the RICH framework, which ensures that students from all backgrounds see themselves as capable wealth builders: - Representation: ensuring that diverse perspectives and identities are reflected - Inquiry: fostering critical questioning and wonder - Connection: making concepts accessible and relevant to students' lives - Holistic thinking: embracing asset-based thinking Throughout the guide, you'll hear from real students and educators on the transformative power of inclusive financial education. The stories, strategies, and activities in Money Talks will support educators in creating authentic, engaging lessons that go beyond the classroom to make a lasting impact on students and their families."

Diana Isern (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention 2nd Edition

"The extensively updated second edition of Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical, easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention, assessment, intervention, and postvention strategies. The Suicide in Schools Model provides listeners with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals, how to screen, assess, and monitor suicide risk, create collaborative safety plans, and plan for reentry after a suicidal crisis. The authors expand this new edition with detailed case examples and innovative approaches such as upstream prevention strategies, usable handouts, and internet resources to effectively work with youth facing a suicidal crisis as well as students, families, and school staff who have suffered a suicide loss. Updates include expanding the literature on cyberbullying and social media, the higher risk of suicide in ethnoracial minoritized youth and LGBTQ+ students, and the role of suicide in school violence. This book is essential listening for school-based administrators, crisis team members, and mental health professionals as well as for outside providers who work collaboratively with school districts."

Jonathan B. Singer, Scott Poland, Terri A. Erbacher (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Student Parent: The Fight for Families, the Cost of Poverty, and the Power of College

"A vital call to disrupt systemic forces that impoverish families and to reimagine accessible higher education, empowering parents to thrive in college and at home From the former teen mom and award-winning founder of Generation Hope, a nonprofit committed to expanding education access for young parents and all caregivers For countless American families, the promise of the 'American Dream' rings hollow. They are caught in a cycle of limited opportunity, battling the sociopolitical forces that sustain generational poverty. These are parents and caregivers who yearn for a better life for their children, a reality Nicole Lynn Lewis intimately understands from her own journey as a teen mother. Student Parent is Lewis's unflinching yet profoundly hopeful investigation into the systemic obstacles that impede marginalized parents' access to education, career advancement, and true economic mobility. Crucially, this book moves beyond identifying problems to present transformative, actionable solutions that break through access barriers in higher education. Weaving insights from child and family health experts with vivid personal stories, Lewis outlines pathways for change to support families striving on the fringes. She champions practices like: - subsidizing on-campus childcare - accommodating students facing childcare, transportation, and other challenges - establishing campus food pantries and destigmatizing their use Student Parent isn't just a book about policy; it's a powerful testament to resilience and an advocate's guide for dismantling inequality. Lewis has an inspiring vision of an America where education is a right and generational wealth for all is a reality. This book shows us that investing in our student parents is a critical step on the path toward that bright future."

Nicole Lynn Lewis (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Ban This!: How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won (and How You Can Too)

"Fighting Censorship: A Handbook for Pushing Back on Book Bans equips listeners with arguments against the common reasons that are given to ban books in schools and public libraries. In September 2021, the school board in York, Pennsylvania, voted to remove many books from school libraries in its community. The Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU) at Central York High School, comprised of four students and two advisors, successfully fought the ban by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness. In this book, the group takes on book banning and gives listeners actionable advice for how to fight back against book bans, speak out against censorship in their communities, and win the right to intellectual freedom."

Ben Hodge, Christina Ellis, Edha Gupta, Olivia Pituch, Patricia A. Jackson, Renee Ellis (Author), Angela Juarez, Curtis Michael Holland (Narrator)

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Leadership Teams in America's Best Schools: Improving the Lives of All Students

"This book describes and demystifies the factors that have helped accomplished schools generate successful and equitable outcomes for all their students, regardless of racial/ethnic background, language, or income. Grounded in observations of award-winning schools and high-functioning teams that have achieved impressive results, this practical resource explores success from the perspective of leadership teams. As a K-12 educator at any level of leadership or within a leadership team, you can influence the success of all groups of students! This book describes what leadership teams do to ensure success, why those accomplishments are so important to the success of diverse populations of students, why the pursuit of those accomplishments is challenging in many schools across the country, and how leadership teams can take practical steps toward those accomplishments, even in difficult situations. Rich in clear examples, this book is for any educator interested in developing a deeper understanding of what their leadership teams need to change and how they might work together to lead their students to attain ambitious academic, personal, and professional goals."

Cynthia L. Uline, Francisco Escobedo, Joseph F. Johnson Jr., Stanley J. Munro Jr. (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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The Trafficker Next Door: How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers

"'Kaya mo ba?' Can you take it? An instructor asks a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. Can you take the grueling work? 'Kaya,' the women say. 'We can.' The phrase 'human trafficking' often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are domestic workers who suffer abuse not at the hands of crime lords but rather 'ordinary' family employers. Drawing on twenty years of groundbreaking research across three continents, Parreñas exposes the grim realities faced by migrant workers ensnared in forced labor due to poverty and debt bondage. She uncovers how entrenched social and legal norms, coupled with a patronizing 'employer savior complex,' foster a troubling sense of ownership among employers over 'their' domestic workers. Through powerful firsthand accounts, Parreñas illustrates the migrants' desperation, and the power dynamics that lead to a global network of exploitation. Parreñas's narrative challenges listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about everyday household arrangements and calls for justice and fair treatment for all workers."

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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ChatGPT For Dummies, 2nd Edition

"Updated to provide a deeper and closer look at ChatGPT Expanded and extended, this new edition of ChatGPT For Dummies covers the latest tools, models, and options available on the popular generative AI platform. You'll learn best practices for using ChatGPT as a text and media generation tool, research assistant, and content reviewer. If you're new to the world of AI, you'll get all the basic know-how needed to add ChatGPT to your professional toolbox. And if you've been doing the genAI thing for a while already, this book will sharpen your skills as you apply AI to real-world projects in an ethical manner. You'll get insight on the best practice for using ChatGPT to make your life and work easier and how to write prompts that result in high-quality output. ● Understand what generative AI is and how ChatGPT produces human-like responses ● Get tips on writing effective prompts and using ChatGPT to generate sound and images ● Apply ChatGPT to your daily work or personal life ● Discover the best way to fact-check AI-generated content to avoid errors and hallucinations"

Pam Baker (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays that Will Change the Way You Think About Age

"One of Zibby's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 Midlife Private Parts is a soulful and revealing collection of essays that explore the many facets of this transformative time in life. Each story sheds light, with humanity and good humor, on what it really feels like to move through the world as a midlife woman and beyond. Whether it's sexual pleasure, midlife reinvention, menopause, friendship, redefining style at a certain age, dating after divorce, feeling invisible, or simply being in the last place you ever thought you'd be, you'll feel seen in these essays that acknowledge the changes and challenges but capture the power, freedom, and confidence that comes with age. Told through the eyes of contemporary women writers, authors, and creatives, each shares a story of coming to terms with aging and confronting the unexpected moments that define midlife. In their candid personal narratives, you will find connection, validation, promise, and inspiration. If you are craving community, Midlife Private Parts will be akin to a safe haven where you will feel seen, heard, and understood. A place where women are empowered to age boldly and unapologetically."

Dina Alvarez, Dina Aronson (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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Mother of Bourbon: The Greatest American Whiskey Story Never Told

"Born in 1859 to Irish immigrants, Mary Dowling arrived at the height of anti-Irish and anti-Catholic fervor in America. The hardscrabble life her family led provided the foundation of grit and determination that would serve her well. She married the enterprising John Dowling. He offered her oversight of their burgeoning bourbon company's financial books and sought her insight as they grew from distillery investors to sole proprietors of Waterfill and Frazier. Mary's first trials arrive in a series of tragedies that leave her widowed and with a business no one wants to support. Steering the lives of her eight children, she bucks up against a male-dominated bank and distributor that drop her to align herself with progressive partners. She scales to ever higher heights, becoming an influential member of Lawrenceburg society while achieving immense wealth. When Prohibition arrives with its animosity toward immigrants and Catholics, Mary is forced into semi-retirement—until the federal government comes after her on charges of bootlegging. Only then does she bite back, determining that if she is going to be treated like a criminal, she will behave like one. Mother of Bourbon is the story of a pioneering and visionary woman who achieved success in a system designed to suppress her, and against a government that strived to repress her."

Eric Goodman (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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The Witch's Home: Practical Magic for Every Room

"Featuring more than eighty rituals, spells, and daily practices, this inspiring book of witchery will help you build a haven filled with love, joy, security, and enchantment. Wherever you live, The Witch's Home encourages you to see your residence as a magical space, from the windows and doors to the basement and bathrooms. Explore the magical potential hidden in each room. Establish a home grimoire, work with land spirits, create meaningful handcrafts, and experiment with spiritual decluttering. Learn how to repurpose items and apply the power of color to make your practice more affordable. You'll also discover how to use traditionally non-magical items, such as takeout menus, shoes, and asphalt. With inspiration from folklore around the world, this book will help you connect with every part of your space, turning your home into a true sanctuary."

Patti Wigington (Author), Angela Juarez (Narrator)

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