Social Science Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

"All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as: ● "Columbus Discovered America" ● "Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims" ● "Indians Were Savage and Warlike" ● "Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians" ● "The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide" ● "Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans" Each chapter deftly shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the larger political agendas of a settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous land and tied to narratives of erasure and disappearance. Accessibly written and revelatory, All the Real Indians Died Off challenges listeners to rethink what they have been taught about Native Americans and history.

Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Author), Laural Merlington (Narrator)

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"They Take Our Jobs!" and 20 Other Myths about Immigration, Revised Edition

Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society. Chomsky dismantles twenty of the most common assumptions and beliefs underlying statements like "I'm not against immigration, only illegal immigration" and challenges the misinformation in clear, straightforward prose. In exposing the myths that underlie today's debate, Chomsky illustrates how the parameters and presumptions of the debate distort how we think-and have been thinking-about immigration. She observes that race, ethnicity, and gender were historically used as reasons to exclude portions of the population from access to rights. Today, Chomsky argues, the dividing line is citizenship. Although resentment against immigrants and attempts to further marginalize them are still apparent today, the notion that non-citizens, too, are created equal is virtually absent from the public sphere. Engaging and fresh, this book will challenge common assumptions about immigrants, immigration, and U.S. history.

Aviva Chomsky (Author), Frankie Corzo (Narrator)

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#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

When Emily Joy Allison outed her abuser on Twitter, she launched #ChurchToo, a movement to expose the culture of sexual abuse and assault utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. Not a single denomination is unaffected. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. While patriarchy and misogyny are problems everywhere, they take on a particularly pernicious form in Christian churches where those with power have been insisting, since many decades before #MeToo, that this sexually dysfunctional environment is, in fact, exactly how God wants it to be. #ChurchToo turns over the rocks of the church's sexual dysfunction, revealing just what makes sexualized violence in religious contexts both ubiquitous and uniquely traumatizing. It also lays the groundwork for not one but many paths of healing from a religious culture of sexual shame, secrecy, and control, and for victims of assault to live full, free, healthy lives.

Emily Joy Allison (Author), Emily Ellet (Narrator)

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#Con las niñas no y tampoco los niños: Feminicidio infantil una tragedia nacional indetenible

El libro está armado con entrevistas a funcionarios públicos, voces de niños salvados, testimonios de familiares muertos en vida por la muerte de sus pequeños, cartas desgarradoras y reflexiones que motivan un alto imperante a la violencia infantil, un compromiso social para decir basta al ataque a nuestros seres inocentes. En México, nada detiene la violencia contra las mujeres y lo más trágico es que los golpes, el abuso sexual y el asesinato ocurren también con las niñas, víctimas de la perversidad de los seres humanos, la complicidad —en muchos casos— de familiares y la indiferencia de las autoridades, de nuestros gobiernos que no aplican las medidas pertinentes para detener los feminicidios y los abusos mortales contra la infancia. #Con las niñas no. Y tampoco los niños es una investigación sin precedentes sobre el feminicidio infantil que devela cómo en la pandemia creció este delito, quiénes son los verdugos y cómo cruzan este infierno los padres de estas niñas y niños sacrificados. Además, Frida Guerrera ofrece recomendaciones sobre lo que debe hacerse en caso de violencia contra la niñez, a qué organismos acudir, líneas de denuncia y un directorio de procuradurías del país.

Frida Guerrera (Author), Adriana Galindo (Narrator)

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#DELETED: Big Tech's Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal the Election

The most powerful tech companies in the world are determined to stop Donald Trump. Journalist Allum Bokhari has spent four years investigating the tech giants that dominate the Internet: Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. He has discovered a dark plot to seize control of the flow of information, and utilize that power to its full extent - to censor, manipulate, and ultimately sway the outcome of democratic elections. His network of whistleblowers inside Google, Facebook and other companies explain how the tech giants now see themselves as 'good censors,' benevolent commissars controlling the information we receive to 'protect' us from 'dangerous' speech. They reveal secret methods to covertly manipulate online information without us ever being aware of it, explaining how tech companies can use big data to target undecided voters. They lift the lid on a plot four years in the making - a plot to use the power of technology to stop Donald Trump's re-election.

Allum Bokhari (Author), Allum Bokhari (Narrator)

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#DoNotDisturb: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life

Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now you’ve wasted the time you had set aside for more important things? Jedediah Bila has solved her own Obsessive Compulsive Tech Disorder, and she did it without throwing away her devices. It's time to switch on airplane mode and settle into Jedediah Bila’s #DoNotDisturb: How I Ghosted My Cell Phone to Take Back My Life. In this timely, entertaining and inspiring book, Jedediah Bila chronicles her chaotic, confusing, and all-consuming love-hate relationship with - her cell phone. Stepping back from the whirlwind of texting, social media, and an endless sea of apps, Bila questions how our relationships, character, and sanity have suffered from our deep dive into the digital abyss. Exploring the toll that tech addiction took on her life, Bila reveals her missteps and mistakes, including several upending, life-altering months swirling in an ex-boyfriend’s cell-phone-enabled double life, and how a low-tech millennial later stole her heart. Travel with Jedediah through the embarrassing and catastrophic consequences of Ménage-a-Tech relationships, social media's Perception Deception, and the One-Potato-Chip-Problem of trying to resist Silicon Valley's hypnotic, slot-machine software designed to lure you in. Bila reveals how she navigated away from an unhealthy, oversaturated diet of tech junk food to striking just the right balance with technology to let her unplugged, real-life moments take charge. In #DoNotDisturb, Bila applies her trademark no-nonsense, common-sense, personal responsibility and accountability-centered approach, warning us that if we don’t stop acting like robots, our very humanity is at stake. Through warm anecdotes and cold, hard truths, Bila reveals how she pulled her way out of the tech fog to keep her eyes focused on the life right in front of her. And how you can too.

Jedediah Bila (Author), Jedediah Bila (Narrator)

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#EllosHablan: Testimonios de hombres, la relación con sus padres, el machismo y la violencia.

«El machismo es la idealización de la violencia como medio, como fin, como instrumento educativo coercitivo; es una trampa que normaliza lo inaceptable.» Con estas palabras Lydia Cacho define el punto de partida de este libro imprescindible. #EllosHablan son testimonios de diversos hombres que hablan de su infancia y ponen en evidencia la violencia que vivieron en su entorno. Ellos nos dejan ver cómo en el ambiente hogareño y hostil, los niños normalizan aquello que más tarde detonará en relaciones verticales, violentas y discriminatorias que avalan un sistema de impunidad y paternalismo salvaje. Lydia Cacho va a contracorriente de nuevo; acompaña a los hombres a mirarse al espejo en busca de un diálogo abierto para entender los orígenes de la violencia. La autora nos invita a pensar desde otro lugar para desmenuzar esto que llamamos #el hombre normal#. Una investigación que busca replantear el liderazgo masculino; cuestionar la sumisión ante la violencia a fin de que niños y jóvenes tengan nuevos asideros para construir su identidad sin atavismos. «El machismo es como una prisión bajo tierra. Un lugar rabioso, sobrepoblado y solitario a la vez. En ese sitio, todo se trata de romper a otros o que te rompan. Y uno descubre que está allá abajo un día, que está desde niño. Y entonces, a veces, uno decide escalar, rasparse, golpearse, arañarse y alejarse todo lo posible. Porque si hay una mejor vida que esa, seguro que está en otro lado.» Antonio Ortuño, escritor

Lydia Cacho (Author), Adriano Gazón, Rocio Olivares, Rocío Olivares (Narrator)

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#Girlboss

*#GIRLBOSS NETFLIX ORIGINAL OUT NOW* Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of the New York Times bestselling sensation #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, read by Sarah Jes Austell. '#GIRLBOSS is more than a book . . . #GIRLBOSS is a movement' Lena Dunham 'A millennial alternative to Lean In' New York Magazine 'A compellingly motivational read' The Telegraph 'The book you need in your life' Marie Claire *Winner of the 2014 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Business Book* In the space of ten years, Sophia Amoruso has gone from high-school dropout to founder and Executive Chairman of Nasty Gal, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world. Sophia's never been a typical executive, or a typical anything, and she's written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success. Filled with brazen wake-up calls, cunning and frank observations, and behind-the-scenes stories from Nasty Gal's meteoric rise, #GIRLBOSS covers a lot of ground. It proves that success doesn't come from where you went to college or how popular you were in school. Success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. Inspiring, motivating and empowering, #GIRLBOSS will give you the kick up the ass you need to reach your potential.

Sophia Amoruso (Author), Sarah Jes Austell (Narrator)

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#MeToo in the Corporate World: Power, Privilege, and the Path Forward

Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees. While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues. Showcasing new data on the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at work, she reveals how the movement has focused almost exclusively on white women and failed to support other vulnerable groups who are also targets of abuse. Black men, gay men and women, and Latinas experience particularly high rates of sexual harassment and assault. In addition to exploring the movement’s limitations, Hewlett examines the collateral damage inflicted by #MeToo. She looks at hits to the bottom line (lawsuits and settlements, tarnished brands, and stock devaluations) and hits to the talent pipeline. In particular she shows how male leaders, fearful of gossip and legal action, are increasingly skittish about sponsoring young women, no matter how high performing they are. This makes it much more likely that women will stall out mid-career and will deprive companies of diversity in the C-Suite and “gender smarts” around decision-making tables. Digging deep into examples that range from Fox News, Nike, and Google to CBS, Michigan State University, and the Catholic Church, Hewlett lays bare the financial losses associated with sexual misconduct scandals. No wonder corporate chief risk officers newly have #MeToo in their line of sight! A third of this book is devoted to solutions and Hewlett offers a three-pronged strategy, combining legal remedies with individual and corporate action steps that can be used to protect employees and businesses they work for. Drawing from companies as different as IBM and IPG she discusses “experiments at the edge” as well as more evolved initiatives that can help any corporation create a more equitable and safer environment. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett (Author), Jane Copland (Narrator)

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#METOO: Power to The Women

The sound of the #METOO MOVEMENT. A collective voice against sexual harassment, sexual assault, abuse, domestic abuse, and inequality. The message from courageous women who were humiliated, is loud and clear, that all people should be respected, protected and treated with decency. Let us all stand together and make this world safer and forgivable for those that positively change, and plant seeds of love so love will grow in every heart from children to adults.

Raymoni Love (Author), Books with Voices (Narrator)

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#Niunamás

#NiUnaMás es un llamado urgente a la sociedad y al gobierno para detener la impunidad ante los feminicidios en México y, sobre todo, una respuesta humana y conmovedora a este creciente problema social. El feminicidio en México se ha convertido en práctica común, las cifras superan cualquier expectativa. Ante la indiferencia del gobierno y el pésimo manejo de las autoridades, es cruelmente normal que mueran mujeres violadas, secuestradas, lapidadas, estranguladas, a manos de asaltantes, violadores, familiares, incluso de sus esposos o parejas sentimentales. El problema no sólo ocurre en las clases más necesitadas del país: el mal trasciende y aparece en todos los estratos de la sociedad. ¿A quién acudir? ¿Qué hace al respecto la autoridad? ¿Qué opinan organismos de derechos humanos o feministas? Ante la desesperanza/desesperación, Frida Guerrera responde estos cuestionamientos y ofrece en este libro no sólo numerosos casos de feminicidios, también comparte la experiencia de padres de familia y seres queridos de las mujeres sacrificadas, testimonios de las sobrevivientes, hondas reflexiones sobre las mujeres desaparecidas y una guía indispensable para evitar más víctimas con datos precisos sobre los lugares que asesoran a mujeres violentadas, herramientas necesarias para evitar el maltrato y la violencia de género. #NoSeasIndiferente

Frida Guerrera (Author), Adriana Galindo (Narrator)

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#UsToo: Bridging the Global Gender Gap

How can men and women collaborate to bridge and heal the gender divide? As a female engineer with executive and global experience, Debjani Mukherjee Biswas’ insights are unique, practical, and powerful. While the courageous #MeToo movement showed us how broken our power systems are, #UsToo seeks to heal and bridge these gaps. In this power-packed audiobook, we’ll explore the reality of gender bias, and where these values and beliefs came from;the impact of factors such as media, age, culture, and family;an original tool called the Diversity Foray; andhow to improve self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and action planning.Together, we can bridge the global gender gap with #UsToo!

Debjani Mukherjee Biswas (Author), Debjani Mukherjee Biswas (Narrator)

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