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Nesta nova temporada, Apartheid Tropical narra como, diante do fracasso das promessas constitucionais, a população negra precisou se reorganizar e reinventar a resistência.

In September 1984, Lisa Paul, an American college student and nanny living in Moscow, entered Inna Meiman’s house for her first Russian language lesson. And so began a two–year friendship and a fight for Inna’s life. In Swimming in the Daylight, Lisa chronicles her friend’s struggle to shed her refusenik status, obtain a visa to America, and find medical treatment for her malignant cancer. Inna endured a perverse reality as a citizen of the Soviet Union....

Brought to you by Penguin. A doctor and an economist explore the hidden links between health and structural injustices, and set out a radical vision for a fairer world Inflamed journeys across the human body - through our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and...

Drawing on his family’s own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting around the world, Suketu Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. The West, he argues, is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. He juxtaposes the phoney narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of labourers, nannies and others, from Dubai to New York, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. 

#SayHerName provides an analytical framework for understanding Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, and it explains how—through black feminist storytelling and ritual—we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice.

If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It's a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dips' (Joseph Tapes') self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco, and the extraordinary rise it enables.

Andet bind i Birgitte Wulffs hitkrimiserie om Anne Velin. Denne gang foregår historien hos eliten i dansk ridesport. For Josefine er lykken gjort, da den tidligere landsholdsrytter og ejendomsinvestor Alexander Lunn tager hendes ridekarriere under sine vinger, for hans undervisning er kendt...

FANGET I FAMILIEN er en tankevækkende og gribende familiefortælling om et forspildt liv bag et drab i bandemiljøet, fortalt af en efterladt storesøster, der selv har kæmpet sig fri af den tunge sociale arv i den danske ”indvandrerklasse”. Kun 24 år gammel faldt Ari Hussein i en regn...

HUN SPILLER PÅ TO HOLD MED LIVET SOM INDSATS Femte bog i Birgitte Wulffs populære og anmelderroste krimiserie om journalisten Anne Velin. Amina forsøger at skabe sig et helt almindeligt liv. Hun arbejder i Fødevarestyrelsens Rejsehold, men familien, der er flygtet fra Irak til Danmark og...

Unge piger i gymnasiealderen drives til at sælge stoffer og sig selv. For nogle ender det med døden. BIRGITTE WULFF er forfatter til en række bestsellerbiografier og erfaren kriminalreporter. Hun brillerer med sin research i den anmelderroste og populære serie om journalisten Anne Velin...

Livet begynder i den. Den er på størrelse med en knyttet hånd og har en kraft, der langt overgår dens størrelse. Alle mennesker kommer fra den, men hvad ved vi egentlig om livmoderen, om UTERUS? Er den forbundet med hjernen? Kan livmoderhalsens hulrum gemme på sædceller? Påvirker...

Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification.

Top political strategist Maya Rupert reveals how, for people of color, being real comes at a cost and authenticity is a privilege the marginalized cannot afford—that is, unless we change the system that keeps sending us the bill. . . One of Maya Rupert’s earliest memories was learning how to...

Hadija Haruna-Oelker über Differenzen, Verbundenheit, Empowerment und die Schönheit, die in unseren Unterschieden liegt. Hadija Haruna-Oelker, Journalistin, Politikwissenschaftlerin und Moderatorin beschäftigt sich seit langem mit Rassismus, Intersektionalität und Diskriminierung. Sie ist davon überzeugt, dass wir alle etwas von den Perspektiven anderer in uns tragen. Dass wir voneinander lernen können. Und einander zuhören sollten. Hier erzählt sie ihre persönliche Geschichte als Tochter einer weißen Mutter und eines Schwarzen Vaters mitten in Deutschland.

A masterclass in the civil rights movement from one of the legendary activists who led it. Compiled from his original lecture notes, Julian Bond’s Time to Teach brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today’s activists in the era of...

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. 

Not Just For the Boys looks back at how society has historically excluded women from the scientific sphere and discourse, what progress has been made, and how more is still needed. Athene Donald, herself a distinguished physicist, explores societal expectations during both childhood and working...

Axiom Award Bronze Medalist for Women / BIPOC in Business A deeply personal call to action for women of color to find power from within and to join together in community, advocating for a new corporate environment where we all belong—and are accepted—on our own terms. Women of color comprise...

Economist and award-winning author Sylvia Ann Hewlett blends vivid stories with powerful new data in assessing the impact of the #MeToo movement in corporate America and provides concrete action to help executives and companies create more inclusive and safe work environments for women, people...

In this inspiring and provocative memoir about a young black man, Caylin Moore tells the against-all-odds story of his rise from racial injustice and cruel poverty in gang-ridden Los Angeles to academic success at the University of Oxford, with hope as his compass. A Dream to Big is for readers...