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On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto - a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck. In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto from its beginnings in the 16th century and its revival by the Nazis to the present. As Duneier shows, we cannot understand the entanglements of race, poverty, and place in America today without recalling the history of the ghetto in Europe, as well as later efforts to understand the problems of the American city.

For 300 years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe. In the 19th century it was a free-floating concept that traveled to Eastern Europe and the United States. Eastern European "ghettos", which enabled genocide, were crudely rehabilitated by the Nazis during World War Two as if they were part of a benign medieval tradition. Here, Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over 500 years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe.

In Ghetto Klown, celebrated performer John Leguizamo lays bare his early years in blue-collar Queens, his salvation through acting and writing, and his colorful career trajectory. He brings us onto the sets of his films opposite stars such as Al Pacino and Patrick Swayze and with directors such as Baz Luhrmann and Brian De Palma, while also opening up about his offstage life in love and marriage. In this candid memoir, Leguizamo offers a strong message of moving beyond self-doubt—and beyond the doubters—to claim some happiness.

Chloe Scott ha sempre seguito le regole che gli altri le hanno disegnato addosso. È stata una studentessa modello, una perfetta capoclasse, è diventata insegnante come suo padre... Ma a volte le regole sono gabbie che ci stritolano e dalle quali bisogna evadere. Ed è proprio quello che succede a Chloe quando, guardando le vetrine dei negozi di Camden Town, sente l'esigenza di fare una pazzia, un'idea folle che la Chloe di sempre cercherebbe di reprimere, ma questa volta no.

A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different—Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic—they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'.

This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on the trendy intellectuals of our times as well as historic interpreters of American life.

Die meisten nennen mich Versager, Nichtsnutz oder Straßenjunge. Aber eigentlich heiße ich Remo und so scheiße bin ich gar nicht - hoffe ich zumindest. Klar, ich wohne in einem Loch, kann mir kaum genug zu essen leisten, aber ich habe Gründe, nach denen niemand fragt, und eine Geschichte, die niemand hören will. Der einzige Mensch, dem ich etwas bedeute, ist das Mädchen, das immer, ohne zu klopfen, in meine Wohnung platzt, mir Cola mitbringt und mit mir vögelt. Claire ist meine beste Freundin und ohne sie würde ich kaputtgehen.

Life can be cruel. Sometimes it's hard to play with the cards you've been dealt. Growing up in the ghetto can be hell; good or bad, everybody has a story. Toni is young and sexy, but her life story is limited with her mother's drug addiction and her older brother, Sheek, doing life in prison. She struggles day by day, stripping and sometimes doing more in underground clubs to support herself and her family. Toni eventually befriends a rich pretty boy from Long Island, whose life was sheltered from poverty since the day he was born.

Ayant démissionné des crimes majeurs, Victor Lessard accepte de donner ses impressions à son ancienne partenaire, Jacinthe Taillon, sur la scène du meurtre d'un journaliste d'enquête. En parallèle, son mentor, Ted Rutherford, lui fait une révélation troublante à propos du passé de son père, Henri Lessard. Pris pour cible dans un attentat, Victor doit bientôt disparaître pour assurer sa sécurité et celle de ses proches.

Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore who's more concerned with getting her next high than she is with Tayshawn's well-being. His stepfather hates him so much, he literally treats him like an animal, forcing him to sleep in a cage and scavenge for scraps of food wherever he can find them.

In his English language debut, Santiago H. Amigorena writes to fight the silence that “has stifled [him] since [he] was born”, weaving together fiction, biography, and memoir to distill a stirring novel of loss and unshakeable love. A critical sensation in France, The Ghetto Within is its...

The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar. Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams...

ChiTown 2.0 is a gritty, seductive street-lit novel set in 1990s Chicago, centered on Tony “ChiTown” James — a smooth, calculating hustler who evolves from gangbanging and drug dealing into the dangerous, lucrative world of pimping. As ChiTown builds power alongside strong, ambitious women and his fiercely loyal best friend Rell, money, love, jealousy, and betrayal collide. What begins as a tightly controlled life spirals into a high-stakes war involving rival dealers, internal betrayal, hidden identities, and the constant threat of prison or death. At its core, ChiTown 2.0 is about ...

Suddenly, something big and white bumps up against the car, and I jump. I think I must be dreamin’, ’cause I just saw a horse run by. When Cole’s mom dumps him in the mean streets of Philly to live with the dad he’s never met, the last thing he expects to see is a horse - let alone a stable full of them. He may not know much about cowboys, but what he knows for sure is that cowboys ain’t black, and they don’t live in the ’hood. But here, horses are a way of life, and soon Cole’s days of skipping school and getting in trouble in Detroit have been replaced by shoveling muck and trying not to get stomped on.

In Making the Second Ghetto, Arnold Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "pioneer in developing concepts and devices" for housing segregation. Hirsch shows that the legal framework for the national urban renewal effort was forged in the heat generated by the racial struggles waged on Chicago's South Side.

Step into the world of compassion and resilience with ’Inside Ghetto Mother Teresa: Unveiling the Untold Stories.’ Join us as we journey behind the scenes of the extraordinary life of Ghetto Mother Teresa, delving deep into her remarkable acts of kindness, her struggles, and the untold anecdotes that shaped her legacy. Through interviews, archival recordings, and expert insights, discover the untold chapters of this modern-day saint’s life and the profound impact she made on those she served. Each episode is a captivating exploration of humanity’s capacity for kindness, shedding light ...

Oficiālais Ghetto Games podkāsts ar Antonu Semeņaku, Raimondu Elbakjanu, Edgaru Gertneru un personībām, kurām ir, ko teikt. Motivējošas sarunas par sportu, biznesu, kultūru un citām tēmām, kas iekustina klausītāju.

Kurz vor Weihnachten, Ende der achtziger Jahre in Irland. Gewalt, religiöser Terror, Anfeindungen und Ausgrenzungen bestimmen den Alltag in einem Stadtteil in der Nähe von Belfast. "Sandy ist das, was mich am Leben hält", sagt Laurina eines Tages zu ihrer Mutter. Es ist der Tag, an dem das elfjährige Mädchen beginnt zu kämpfen, gegen ein unvorstellbar tristes Leben. An der neuen Schule sind alle gegen Laurina und ihre Schwester Sandy, weil sie keine ehrlichen Katholiken sind, wie die anderen Kinder sagen.

Jeune Juif persécuté à Paris sous l'occupation allemande, le héros de ce roman se retrouve en Israël après la Guerre des Six Jours, citoyen d'un pays devenu à son tour occupant de territoires arabes. David, que les souffrances de sa jeunesse ont profondément marqué, ne peut s'empêcher de réfléchir au destin d'un peuple condamné autrefois par sa faiblesse à endurer les humiliations et les tortures, condamné aujourd'hui par ses victoires à glisser vers le rôle de l'oppresseur, peut-être un jour du bourreau.

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