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  The Tory’s Wife - A Woman and...

  Cynthia A. Kierner

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  The Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cataclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways—and from different sides. This engrossing book tells the story of Jane Welborn Spurgin, a patriot who welcomed General Nathanael Greene to her home and aided Continental forces while her loyalist husband was fighting for the king as an officer in the Tory militia. By focusing on the wife of a middling backcountry farmer, esteemed historian Cynthia Kierner shows how the Revolution not only toppled long-established political hierarchies but also strained family ties and drew women into the public sphere to claim both citizenship and rights—as Jane Spurgin did with a dramatic series of petitions to the North Carolina state legislature when she fought to reclaim her family's lost property after the war was over. 
   
   
   
  While providing listeners with stories of battles, horse-stealing, bigamy, and exile that bring the Revolutionary era vividly to life, this book also serves as an invaluable examination of the potentially transformative effects of war and revolution, both personally and politically.

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  Black Chameleon - Memory...

  Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

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  This program is read by the author.In the literary tradition of Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, and Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped, this debut memoir confronts both the challenges and joys of growing up Black and making your own truth.Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to—true ones of course—but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as chattel, such as the Greek and Roman myths, which felt as dusty and foreign as ancient ruins. When she sought myths written by Black authors, they were rooted too far in the past, a continent away.Mouton writes, “The phrases of my mother and grandmother began to seem less colloquial and more tied to stories that had been lost along the way. . . . Mythmaking isn’t a lie. It is our moment to take the privilege of our own creativity to fill in the gaps that colonization has stolen from us. It is us choosing to write the tales that our children pull strength from. It is hijacking history for the ignorance in its closets. This, a truth that must start with the women.”Mouton’s memoir Black Chameleon is a song of praise and an elegy for Black womanhood. With a poet’s gift for lyricism and poignancy, Mouton reflects on her childhood as the daughter of a preacher and a harsh but loving mother, living in the world as a Black woman whose love is all too often coupled with danger, and finally learning to be a mother to another Black girl in America. Of the moment yet timeless, playful but incendiary, Mouton has staked out new territory in the memoir form.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

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  Crosses of Iron - The Tragic...

  Nick Pappas, Richard Melzer

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  In October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the lives of another 120 miners. Today, Dawson is a deserted ghost town. All that remains is a sea of white iron crosses memorializing the nearly four hundred miners killed in the two explosions—a death toll unmatched by mine disasters in any other town in America. 
   
   
   
  Now, to mark the centennial of the second disaster, veteran journalist Nick Pappas tells the tragic story of what was once New Mexico's largest and most modern company town and of how the strong, determined residents of the community coped with two heartbreaking catastrophes.

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  Learn Japanese with Yokai!...

  Clay Boutwell, Yumi Boutwell

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  Japan is full of strange creatures, and this series is a way to meet them in their own language. 
  This second volume is about the tengu, the long-nosed mountain spirit dressed as a wandering monk. He turns up on festival masks, in the phrase for someone who has grown too proud of himself, and in a thousand years of stories about what happens to people who walk too far into the mountains. 
  There are three readings. The first introduces the creature itself: what a tengu looks like, where he lives, and the powers he is said to have. The second asks where he came from, and works through several theories, one of which may surprise you. The third is a set of tengu tales from Kyoto, Ehime, and a mountain on the edge of Tokyo. 
  Each story is taught in seven passes, so your understanding builds one layer at a time: 
  Story introduction: a short English preview so you know where you're headed 
  Vocabulary: key words in Japanese, then English, with room to repeat after a native speaker 
  Slow speed: the full story read slowly and clearly 
  Line-by-line: each sentence broken into short phrases with English meanings, then rebuilt 
  Normal speed: the story at natural pace, to hear how much more you catch now 
  Comprehension questions: answer out loud, then hear a model answer 
  English version: the whole story in English to confirm you understood it 
  Japanese narration by native speaker Yumi Boutwell, with English explanations by Clay Boutwell. Learn Japanese with Stories has been helping people learn Japanese since 2002. 
  No textbook needed: press play in the car or on a walk and let the repetition do the work. For upper beginners (JLPT N5 to N4) ready to move past word lists into real Japanese. Includes a companion PDF with the Japanese text and vocabulary.

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  Fighting Hell - Headed to Israel

  Cheryl Remington

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  “Victorious” is the extraordinary autobiographical account of Cheryl Remington, a woman whose remarkable journey transformed her from an innocent child to the Last Prophet of God. This series spans an incredible 70 years and captures the profound trials, revelations, and triumphs that have defined her life. 
  Through vivid storytelling, Cheryl shares the intimate lessons, wisdom, and divine guidance she received, offering readers a rare glimpse into the life of one chosen by **Adonai**. Her unwavering faith in the face of overwhelming adversity will inspire, challenge, and deeply move you. With every page, you will question how she endured unimaginable hardships and emerged more robust, filled with divine purpose. 
  Her absolute dedication to God is unshakable. Despite obstacles or forces trying to sway her, Cheryl’s life is a testament to resilience, divine calling, and unwavering belief in a higher purpose. “Victorious” is not just her story—it is a journey of faith, revelation, and the triumph of the spirit.

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  Who Runs the World? - Unlocking...

  Lois Quam

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  Women and girls across the world are often made to feel as if the challenges, limitations, and barriers they face are personal, belonging to them alone. When, in fact, they affect us all. The issues are systemic, societal, and global – and we have the power to create change. 
  In Who Runs the World?, author Lois Quam emphasizes the need to unlock the immense potential of women and girls globally. Quam argues that empowering women is the long-needed step for justice and the progress needed to address the growing challenges we face today. 
  Throughout the book, she speaks to the barriers – personal and systemic – that block the humanity and talent of half the all the world’s people – women. 
  Who Runs the World? sheds light on the path to change and the vital role women and girls play in addressing global challenges. Join the movement to unlock all the world’s talent and contribute to a more equitable and thriving world.

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