Showing results by narrator "Lisa Edwards" in All Categories

We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made - and ignored. The country’s government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests.

Thanks to her blog, Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has spent decades talking openly and intimately to African women around the world about sex. For this book, she spoke to more than 30 African women across the globe while chronicling her own journey toward sexual freedom.

For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. "I'm an abortion provider," she will now say. And an interesting thing started to happen each time she met someone new. One by one, people would confide that in fact they'd had an abortion themselves. And the refrain was often the same: You're the only one I've told. This book collects those stories as they've been told to Shah to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it.

Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators - including Renee Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suarez Changes Gears), and Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor's Tale) - engage young people in frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring stories filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is an inspiring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books.

This is a guide to conquering depression and manifesting the life you deserve. The following chapters will help anyone dealing with depression, anxiety, any confusion due to the pandemic, and everything that is going on in the world. This guide will help you refocus on the life you ultimately want.

When I rouse from my trance-like state, I have no idea where I am or what’s going on. Fortunately for me, my mother is able to lead me back home, but not without revealing a few complications…Rowan and Gregory are both trapped in the other world and are being held captive by a powerful warlock with an affinity for “collecting” people. But the icing on the cake is when my deceased great-grandmother Linda decides to pay me a visit - and delivers a warning - that will turn my topsy-turvy world even further inside out! 

What’s worse than having your new start ruined by your sort-of-boyfriend's mom? Discovering that she’s also a powerful witch on a revenge mission. And thanks to Lydia, I finally understood the true meaning of employee hell. With Stone and Kai magically entranced, it’s up to me to figure a way out of this mess.

Living up to the legacy of my impressive parents - Orin and Simone - is beyond intimidating. Still, I’m determined to forge my own way in our world. Too bad my fiery, impulsive nature has me repeating the same mistakes. Like falling for a very moody Fae and a tempting human who’s exceedingly curious about my magic. Having my very own adventure would be exciting if it weren’t for the magical assassins trailing my every step. Could that have something to do with my uncertain destiny?

At 13 years old, a Ouija board told me that I was destined for greatness. And the sad part? I really believed it. But 24 years later, life is anything but great. So what’s a girl to do when life gives you lemons? Grab some tequila, a blender, and move to Carmel by The Sea, of course!

The aim of this audiobook is to help you start your keto journey with a healthy and actionable guide, including a two-week meal plan and delicious, practical, easy-to-prepare recipes. We've made this guide straightforward and easy to follow because you'll be more likely to stick to healthy diet if it's simple and provides fast and noticeable results.

The keto diet is a revolutionary diet designed for weight loss and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. With this listen, educate yourself on what the keto diet consists of and how to implement it into your life and live healthily!

Stress is a big part of the modern world, leaving people stressed and unhappy. The goal of this book is to provide a few easy steps to be happy with better mental habits. By taking care of your mental and general health, you can manage and fight both stress and stressful situations better. Your body will be able to produce all the nutrients and endorphins that are needed to successfully face challenges and hard times.

Most people only do as they are told when it comes to eating. They do not have an understanding of what is involved when they are eating. They do not even know what is in the food that they eat. When they are told fats are bad, they begin to avoid all types of fats, not knowing they are harming their bodies by doing so. If you have been one of them, you are now equipped with the relevant knowledge you need to make healthy eating a priority. 

When humans Ciaran, a billionaire technology genius, and his wife Madeline, a quirky, psychic journalist, are forced to enter the multiverse with few resources beyond the love they share, countless lives hang in the balance. Traversing in this strange new world with unfamiliar technology and a language neither Ciaran nor Madeline understand, the pair struggles to distinguish friend from foe, allies from an enemies, and reality from elusion. As their family grows, so too do the dangers around them. Can they muster the strength and gather the necessities in order to save millions of lives and emerge unscathed?

Bash's dog, Lucy, helps coach his soccer team, and Lucy leads the team to the championships. But Bash is overcome with jealousy when Lucy enchants a team of Special Olympics kids who say they want her to coach their team. Can Bash overcome his jealousy and learn to share Lucy with kids who say they need her?

In this contemporary boy-and-dog tale, talkative Bash has a big problem in soccer: His beloved dog, Lucy, is a pro at nabbing the ball, but sometimes at the wrong moment. Coach wants to ban Lucy from soccer practice and games, separating Bash from a companion who boosts his confidence in sports - and life.

The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States’ history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin’s knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. In roughly two centuries, Blacks have achieved nominal freedom. But, as this book’s opening chapter and expert essays that follow indicate, freedom has been conditional based on inequity of wealth, social, and legal discrimination.