Beth Richie
Beth E. Richie is head of the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Professor of Black Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Richie is the author of Compelled to Crime: the Gender Entrapment of Black Battered Women and Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation and a coeditor of The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom.
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Abolition. Feminism. Now.
- By: Beth Richie
- Narrator: Gina Dent
- Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment–halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape are not only the central histories of... Read more
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Oliver Twist
Dickens’s classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England’s Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens’s second novel is a compelling social satire that has remained popular since it was ...
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The Age of Reason Begins
This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant’s renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648.
The Age of Reason Begins brings together a fascinating network of stories in the discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is the age of great monarchs and greater artists–on the one hand, Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, ...
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Canapes for the Kitties
The outcry when Conan Doyle pushed Sherlock Holmes over the Reichenbach Falls and the dismay when Freeling shot Van der Valk are nothing compared to the chaos that ensues when Lorinda Lucas tries to dispose of Miss Petunia and her siblings, Lily and Marigold. Not only does the lid blow off the fictional village of St. Waldemar Boniface, but the literary colony of Brimful Coffers is shaken to its ...
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Measuring Our Success
The second in a series of inspiring, original programs from one of the most important voices of our time.Jimmy Carter’s beloved bestsellers Living Faith, Sources of Strength and Our Endangered Values have established him as one of our nation’s most trusted authorities on issues of faith and society. Today, the weekly Bible class he teaches at his home church in Plains, Georgia is attended by ...
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Alpha and Omega
“The standard-bearer for alternate history” (USA Today) now turns his potent imagination to the End of Days in this gripping novel about a discovery in the Middle East that turns the world upside down. What would happen if the ancient prophecy of the End of Days came true? It is certainly the last thing Eric Katz, a secular archaeologist from Los Angeles, expects during what should be a ...
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Chaotic Corgis
At the height of the summer season, Estes Park explodes with people, wildlife, fireworks, and . . . murder.The Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery is buzzing with tourists, and Winifred Page and her quirky corgi, Watson, celebrate the Fourth of July picnicking with family and friends-of the human and four-legged variety. As summer blooms with romance for Fred and Sergeant Branson Wexler, murder lurks ...
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The Leader In Me
From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages. In today’s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live. But what if there was a way to learn not just what to think about, but how to think? A program that ...
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The Unicorn’s Shadow
When you think of a successful entrepreneur, who comes to mind? Bill Gates? Mark Zuckerberg? Or maybe even Jesse Eisenberg, the man who played Zuckerberg in The Social Network? It may surprise you that most successful founders look very different from Zuckerberg or Gates. In fact, most startup origin stories are very different from the famous “unicorns” that have achieved valuations of over ...
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Net Positive
Runaway climate change and gross inequality are ravaging the world. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business.These and other massive challenges threaten our very existence on the planet. Yet division and discord risk undermining our response, just when we need to come together. At this critical time in history, the imperative to reimagine our economies and companies could not be more ...
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I Still Believe
Newly revised! I Still Believe shares Jeremy Camp’s journey of finding hope and healing through life’s toughest moments and the songs that came from his journey that have inspired a generation.
When Jeremy Camp lost his beloved wife Melissa just three months after their wedding, the last thing he wanted to do was sing praise to God. But even as he struggled through unimaginable ...
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