Audiobooks narrated by A'rese Emokpae

Bodyscapes: Guided Somatic Explorations in Anatomy, Movement, and Meaning

"Less a traditional anatomy text than an expansive somatic atlas, Bodyscapes is an astonishing, textured, and interdisciplinary invitation to the wonders of our bodies. A body-based journey of renewal, transformation, and discovery-somatic practices, embodied tools, and meaning-making myth Beautifully written, deeply immersive, and enhanced with lush illustrations, Beverley Nolan's Bodyscapes offers readers embodied tools for healing-and a delightfully unexpected approach to re-knowing our essential anatomy. Moving from the smallest cell to the complexity of the fascial web, Bodyscapes is organized in 10 body systems. From FEEL: tending your heart and UNIFY: harmonizing the breath to SATISFY: renewing your affinity with fat, each chapter shares affirming practices to reclaim your innate somatic wisdom…and come home to a new understanding of the vibrant joys, curious wonders, and unexpected connections of your body. You'll discover: - Guided somatic exercises - Reflective journaling prompts - Creative inspiration drawn from myth and folklore - Practices to integrate body, mind, and emotions Here, you'll learn how the heart acts as a vessel: it embodies giving, receiving, and holding, assertiveness on the out-pump and restorative calm on the in-pump. You'll be invited to appreciate fat in new ways: its active, vital role in energy and protection. And you'll discover how breath is the unifying force that speaks the story of your inner world. Interwoven with myth, story, and folklore, Bodyscapes is for somatic therapists, movement professionals, seekers, and readers looking to ground, deepen, integrate, and heal. Bodyscapes opens us up to ourselves-to the systems of sublime miracles that often go unacknowledged, unseen, and unclaimed as the intelligent, supportive pieces of us that they are-and nourishes a new way of moving, transforming, and showing up to the world."

Beverley Nolan (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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Everything's Not Lost

"A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl's struggle to find the quiet beauty in life and friendship amid the chaos of grief and mental illness by New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestselling author Frederick Joseph. 'Frederick is such a grounded and beautiful voice of not just this moment but all the moments. Everything's Not Lost cements him firmly as a much needed and stunning voice inside the world of YA literature.' -Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award As a sixteen-year-old Black girl with bipolar disorder, Ella Washington has plenty stacked against her. But following her beloved sister's unexpected death and its turbulent aftermath, Ella is desperate to find any sense of normalcy. Worse still, someone at her school is determined to drive her deeper into despair. It feels nearly impossible to find her way out of the fog of grief and loneliness, but through her love of art, some unlikely new friends, and the memory of her sister, Ella slowly learns that the pursuit of happiness and forgiveness is an endeavor that is more than worthwhile. Told in Frederick Joseph's perceptive and lyrical voice, Everything's Not Lost is an achingly relatable story about finding points of light even in the darkest of times."

Frederick Joseph (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Frederick Joseph (Narrator)

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The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners

"The prestigious annual anthology features prize-winning stories by an international array of talented writers, including Weike Wang, Colm Tóibín, Louise Erdrich, Samanta Schweblin, Jenny Xie, Kevin Wilson, Brandon Taylor, and Catherine Lacey. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Tommy Orange has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Orange, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. THE WINNING STORIES 'Five Bridges,' Colm Tóibín 'Flowers and Their Meanings,' Marie-Helene Bertino 'American Realism,' Brandon Taylor 'The Hare,' Ismael Ramos, translated from the Galician by Jacob Rogers 'Where Are You and Where Is My Money,' Ucheoma Onwutuebe 'Love of My Days,' Louise Erdrich 'Stick Season,' Jenny Xie 'She-Bear,' Evgenia Nekrasova, translated from the Russian by Marianna Suleymanova 'This Time and the Next,' Noel Quiñones 'Pretend,' Mary Williams 'Case Study,' Weike Wang 'Inês,' João Pedro Vala 'Tender,' Sarah LaBrie 'Earshot,' Guka Han, translated from the French by Katie Shireen Assef 'The Masterclass,' William Pei Shih 'Welcome to the Club,' Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell 'Waiting, a Quintet,' Kimberly Blaeser 'Muscle to Muscle, Toe to Toe,' Kim Samek 'All Stories,' Kevin Wilson 'The Ghost Coat,' Catherine Lacey"

Tommy Orange (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Erin Tripp, Gary Furlong, Ines del Castillo, Jen Zhao, Lee Osorio, Peter Ganim (Narrator)

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The Revenge Playbook

"In this deliciously twisty YA novel, two girls (read: enemies) at a boarding school must team up to take down the boy who hurt them-perfect for fans of Ace of Spades and Do Revenge. Uyai and Fiyin may be roommates at Blue Waters Secondary School, but they are not friends. Uyai is popular and fierce-she dominates every room she walks into. Fiyin is nerdy and quiet-she's easy to miss. Anyone who knows them (assuming they know who Fiyin is at all) would argue that, besides that shared dorm room, the two girls have absolutely nothing in common. But they do. Because both girls have been hurt. Humiliated. Taken advantage of. And both girls have just one boy to blame for it. Fiyin thinks Uyai is an irresponsible mean girl. Uyai thinks Fiyin is an uptight loser. They both think the boy that hurt them deserves to suffer. But taking down one of the most popular guys in school isn't a one-woman task. If they want to get their revenge before graduation, Uyai and Fiyin will need each other's help-regardless of how they feel about each other. After all, you don't need to be friends to be teammates."

Rimma Onoseta (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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The Problem with Pretty: Beauty, Bias and the Surprising Science of Good Looks

"A beauty and mental health expert exposes how Western society has controlled the narrative on feminine aesthetics, and breaks down the science and psychology of beauty to help women feel more confident. What is beauty? Who gets to determine who is beautiful? What happens when you fall outside of beauty norms? Most of us have been tricked into believing beauty is about how we look, but Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks reveals that the real problem isn't your appearance-it's how you're trained to see it. Blending science-based research and personal experiences, The Problem with Pretty dismantles beauty myths from their roots and dissects what it really means to be beautiful. She exposes how our brains take shortcuts, latching on to tiny visual cues and filling in the rest with socially constructed ideas that have nothing to do with reality. The Problem with Pretty rewires how we perceive beauty. Drawing on women's stories, Dr. Ally breaks down the biases that shape our self-worth. She sheds a much-needed light on the systems that profit from our insecurities as well as how understanding our lineage can help us reclaim our power. With humor and her signature straightforward style, Dr. Ally offers the practical tools you need to stop chasing pretty and start living free, whole, and connected to who you really are."

Allycin Powell-Hicks (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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Garden of Graves: The Shocking True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rikfin

"Joel Rifkin was raised on middle-class values and grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood. After school he worked in his local library and his high school year-book shows he was a member of the debating team, the athletics squad and the photography club. On 28 June 1993, 34-year-old Rifkin was stopped by the police for not having licence plates on the pick-up truck he was driving. A minor crime, not something that would make the headlines, or so the police thought. Until, that is, they found the decomposing body of a young woman wrapped in a tarpaulin in the back of his truck. After his arrest, Rifkin told police of his horrific habit of picking up prostitutes in Manhattan and killing them, usually by strangulation, then dumping their bodies. He claims to have killed a total of 17 women. This book tells the story of this killer."

Maria Eftimiades (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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The Burning Ground: Oil and Militancy in Nigeria

"They killed her father for speaking out For decades, the oil-rich Niger Delta-an important wetland and farming region-has seen its environment devastated by oil extraction that has brought little economic benefit to its people. After a nonviolent campaign for environmental and human rights, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues were executed by the military dictatorship in 1995. Their deaths sparked an armed insurgency marked by sabotage and oil theft in a bid for "resource control." Thirty years after Ken Saro-Wiwa's death, his daughter Noo traces the rise of this insurgency and how it became entangled with politics, further damaging the environment and upending social hierarchies. In The Burning Ground, she travels across the delta to examine its aftermath, speaking with former militants, highlighting the undervalued role of women, and meeting individuals working toward sustainable development. Along the way, her sharp, humane reporting brings to life a region where environmental damage, political conflict, human-rights pressures, and accelerating climate threats converge in ways the world cannot ignore."

Noo Saro-Wiwa (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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Who Was Cleopatra?

"Learn all about the truly epic life of one of the most famous women rulers in history! Cleopatra's legacy as a trailblazing leader and political strategist dazzles in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Cleopatra was born into a time when power struggles within her own kingdom of Egypt were magnified with the increasing dominance of Rome. As more and more kingdoms were conquered by the Roman Empire, Cleopatra faced challenges at home in Egypt. When her brother Ptolemy XIII stole the throne from her, Cleopatra knew she had to befriend Rome in order to protect Egypt. Working with Roman general Julius Caesar, she regained control of her empire and served her people well. After Caesar's death, Cleopatra joined with his friend Mark Antony to ensure the preservation of Egypt. Cleopatra is remembered as the resourceful and charming leader of Egypt who helped the kingdom prosper and maintain power at a time when much of the Mediterranean was in turmoil."

Kathryn Waterfield (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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The Unshaming Way Workbook: Exercises and Reflection Questions to Heal from Trauma, Unlearn Self-Blame, and Reclaim Your Story

"A hands-on companion to the beloved bestseller The Unshaming Way-a step-by-step guide to free yourself from shame and trauma With practical prompts, personal reflections, and self-help exercises In his bestselling The Unshaming Way, author, mental health expert, and professor David Bedrick taught us how we can release ourselves from our histories of trauma and abuse, from the stigmas that steal our true happiness-from our shame. The experience of reading this revolutionary perspective on how we become our authentic selves was so powerful that one reader wrote, "Nothing has helped me more in all my years to be able to love and appreciate myself more fully." Here, Bedrick has returned with a companion workbook that makes his evidence-based method more accessible than ever, through thoughtful questions and write-in exercises that walk us through the three keys to healing our shame: seeing, feeling, and believing. By going through The Unshaming Way Workbook's guided reflections, Bedrick teaches us how to unburden ourselves of complex and childhood trauma. We learn how to trust ourselves-to look for not what's wrong with us, but what's right. We learn how to free ourselves from the compulsive idea that we need to be "fixed." And we learn how to protect ourselves from the hurt others can cause us when we haven't yet discovered who we are and what we need. Through this thoughtful, inspiring self-study, we can finally each become the empowered person we always knew we could-and deserve to-be."

David Bedrick (Author), A'rese Emokpae (Narrator)

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The Big M: 13 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause

"For readers of Kink and What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, an anthology from a bestselling author that redefines the way we think about menopause-"leaves you feeling informed, empowered, and more connected to yourself and others on the journey" (Nedra Glover Tawwab, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace). This is narrative medicine at its finest: Lidia Yuknavitch and 12 of today's sharpest, most daring writers break the silence. They are here to reclaim the story of menopause-for all of us and those on the way, because we are not the story they made of us. This is a new story, told on our own terms-a long overdue reckoning. Exploring themes of freedom and mortality, sexuality and the patriarchy, The Big M is a chorus of voices, each writer navigating the profound changes in their bodies and lives in their own fiercely individual way. Funny, subversive, insightful, and deeply human, these stories form a living constellation-one you might take into your life in times of duress, transformation, or awakening."

Lidia Yuknavitch (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Amy Landon, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Avi Roque, Jennifer Aquino, Laura Patinkin, Roxanne Hernandez (Narrator)

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Ullr's Fangs

"Not all enemies come from across the ocean…. According to legend, when the world was young, two gods of war — one male, one female — were destined for each other. Yet Ullr, forever unfaithful, lost the love of Issaura, his true match, and was forsworn. His violent anger and bitter rage grew and intensified, poisoning all creation and humanity. Now that the Raiders’ long ships have faded from sight, the kingdom of Elysia is beginning to recover from the summer’s war with the brutal invaders from across the sea. Yet darker forces have taken root, forces that can alter the future of the land and its people in unthinkable ways. Seventeen-year-old Lluava must discover the means to prevent her world from collapsing. But in doing so, will she succumb to that darkness?"

Katharine E. Wibell (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Benjamin Philip Hawkins (Narrator)

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Discovery: Strange Eons, Book 1

"In 1992, at the dawn of the age of technology, disgraced ex-game show host Manny di Martini schemes for a comeback with a deep-sea television special in the South Pacific. He quickly finds himself in over his head, attracting the attention of a cosmic being who will lead Manny to a television broadcast event much bigger than the entire planet bargained for: evidence of a slumbering alien in a ruined city at the bottom of the ocean. One look at the monster on TV, and humans collectively freak out. The narrative leaps between a cast of unforgettable characters, revealing their connections to cosmic gods who play with their lives. If humanity can't save itself, and the cosmic beings do not have humanity's best interests in their cold hearts, humanity will have to pull itself together to prepare for a war that not only threatens Earth but the very fabric of reality."

J.A.J. Minton (Author), A'rese Emokpae, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Heather O'Neill, Maria McCann, Paul Bellantoni, Tim Lounibos, Zura Johnson (Narrator)

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