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When conflicts become entrenched over generations, the language of war infiltrates everyday life, concealing destruction and hardening positions. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East. Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create - legal and cultural - that confine today's Palestinians just like the borders, checkpoints and so-called "Separation Barrier".

For thousands of years mathematicians solved progressively more difficult algebraic equations, until they encountered the quintic equation, which resisted solution for three centuries. Working independently, two prodigies ultimately proved that the quintic cannot be solved by a simple formula. The first popular account of the mathematics of symmetry and order, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved is told not through abstract formulas but in a beautifully written and dramatic account of the lives and work of some of the greatest and most intriguing mathematicians in history.

"For Millions of Immigrants, a Common Language: WhatsApp" is from the December 21, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Farhad Manjoo and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Create Your Own Language, for Credit" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Ashley Winchester and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

From bestselling author of Stop the Coming Civil War, Michael Savage reveals the massive dangers currently leading to the demise of our government. Michael Savage has been warning Americans for decades and now it's here. In GOVERNMENT ZERO: No Borders, No Language, No Culture, Savage sounds the...

"Italy’s Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive" is from the November 21, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Raphael Minder and narrated by Caroline Miller.

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to "Make China Great Again." We in the West routinely ask: "What does China want?" The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it...

En este libro, Noam Chomsky expone las causas de la invasión de Ucrania iniciada por Rusia en febrero de 2022, partiendo de dos premisas fundamentales: por un lado, estamos ante «un grave crimen de guerra por el que hay que buscar explicaciones, pero que no tiene ni justificaciones ni...

Job postings for home health aides say applicants need to be “sympathetic” and “caring,” “empathetic” and focused on “families.” It turns out that doesn’t lead very many men to apply.

"Job Disconnect: Male Applicants, Feminine Language" is from the January 16, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Claire Cain Miller and narrated by Fleet Cooper.