Listen to these extraordinary excerpts from Humankind: how victims overcome hatred, the triumph of a child with disabilities, how a fractured family experienced healing, and much more. Enjoy.
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Rubin Carter’s Hurricane
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Inner Calm for Health
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The Right to Vote
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Passengers
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Children Left Behind
$3.95 Add to cartThe moving stories of two young adults who have incarcerated parents and who endured unpleasant visits to prison as well as the heavy emotional baggage of having a loved one taken from them at a young age. (Part 1)
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Barely Getting By: Stories of America’s Working Poor
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