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Brought to you by Penguin. If you are what you eat, what does that make you? Virtuous? Cool? Immortal? Or deviant, pitiful, ill? Is it useful to make these judgements? Do they help us improve our lives? In a world where it feels as though the value of your life can be gauged by the goodness in...

A stunning tale of loyalty and survival from a master storyteller ... In this ancient, harsh place, faint hearts will not last. The Pilbara, late 1800s: Frontier country, the wild west of Australia – a lawless, violent place where treachery is a way of life. Widower Charles Burton arrives in...

ഇത് ഒരു നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ വെളിച്ചം. കലാപകലുഷിതകാലത്തെ ലാവണ്യമന്ത്രം. മനുഷ്യരാശിയുടെ സനാതന വിമോചനമാർഗ്ഗം...

Rechtsextremismus, Rockerclub und Rotlichtmilieu: Das sind die Stationen im früheren Leben von Philip Schlaffer. Erschütternd und aufklärend berichtet er aus seinem vergangenen Leben im Zeichen von rechter Gewalt, Hass und Kriminalität. Es ist der hochbrisante Insider-Bericht eines Aussteigers, der nichts beschönigt und so eindrucksvoll vor den Gefahren des Rechtsextremismus warnt. Schließlich wird der Fahndungsdruck zu groß, und Schlaffer schafft im Gefängnis den Ausstieg aus Kriminalität und Extremismus.

The first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group THUG LIFE, and the life and death Tupac Shakur–written by Mopreme Shakur, the legendary rapper’s big brother and eldest son of Black liberation activist Mutulu Shakur.

Grounded in her experience as a blackbelt, self-defense instructor, and globally recognized organizer, Rana Abdelhamid offers a bold, urgent roadmap to a safer world Abdelhamid wants every woman and survivor of gender-based violence to be able to defend themselves, and every community to build...

On the 27th August, 1963, the day before Martin Luther King electrified the world from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the immortal words, 'I Have a Dream', the life of another giant of the Civil Rights movement quietly drew to a close in Accra, Ghana: W.E.B. DuBois. In this new biography, Bill V. Mullen interprets the seismic political developments of the Twentieth Century through Du Bois’s revolutionary life.

In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings of the U.S. Government at the age of fifteen. He targeted such agencies as the CIA, FBI, Pentagon, Air Force, Army, Navy, NSA, DIA, and countless others. Greenewald utilized the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to gain access to more than two million pages of documents. This archive includes information relating to UFOs, the JFK Assassination, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and top secret aircraft.

Ma vie sur la route est le récit extraordinaire, profondément humaniste, d'une femme qui a passé sa vie à sillonner les États-Unis et à militer. Cette autobiographie en forme de road trip se lit comme la passionnante chronique de cinq décennies d'histoire américaine, depuis le discours de Martin Luther King jusqu'à l'évolution des droits de la communauté gay en passant par l'avortement ou la cause amérindienne. Une ode au nomadisme, à l'intranquillité qui nous pousse à partir à l'aventure et, avant tout, à la rencontre des autres.

Protesting with Rosa Parks details the history of the intersections between Black activism and travel over a span of one hundred and ninety years. John K. Bollard recounts the experiences of more than ninety-five civil rights leaders and private citizens who protested against segregation on...

Narrated by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro himself, this audiobook offers a grounded and intimate portrait of life in public service. Where We Keep the Light is the story of public service and personal faith. From an early age, Josh Shapiro learned and practiced the power of showing up...

In einer auf Zellengröße geschrumpften Welt gewinnt jedes Detail an Bedeutung: die geschriebenen und ungeschriebenen Regeln des Alltags, die offenen und versteckten Erniedrigungen, die großen und kleinen Träume. Pointiert und ironisch, mit bitterem, aber nie verbittertem Humor erzählt Maxim Znak vom Alltag in der belarussischen Gefängniswelt, von Szenen des Widerstands und der Selbstbehauptung, vom leisen und lauten Verrücktwerden.

«Non intendevo scrivere questo libro. Un'autobiografia, alla mia età, mi sembrava presuntuosa». Ma questa ragazza nera cresciuta nella provincia americana, studiosa di filosofia, allieva di Adorno e di Marcuse, militante comunista e vicina alle Pantere Nere, attiva nelle battaglie contro il razzismo e contro il sistema «militare- industriale carcerario» americano, a poco più di vent'anni era già una stella polare per i movimenti in favore dei diritti civili.

A través de esta publicación, descubriremos a esta intelectual y activista que dedicó su vida a la educación y a la lucha social, desde sus inicios en su querida Chincha, la formación de la primera institución femenina peruana Evolución Femenina, sus grandes luchas por el indígena y por la niñez hasta su exilio y sus últimos días prácticamente en el olvido. Esta biografía está dirigida a un público juvenil y a aquellos lectores que quieran conocer más sobre una de las mujeres con mayores aportes a la cultura de nuestro país.

La viuda del Che Guevara recuerda el gran romance revolucionario trágicamente acortado por el asesinato del Che en Bolivia. Cuando Aleida March primero conoció al Che Guevara, ella era una combatiente de veinte años del interior de Cuba, él era un ya legendario revolucionario y un exuberante...

Cosa succede quando si risponde al precariato del sistema capitalista trovando lavoro in una delle ultime realtà comuniste rimaste? In gioco ci sono la propria visione del mondo, le relazioni amorose e amicali, la ricerca di stabilità e dignità. Poco più che trentenne e attrezzata con un master in diplomazia, Carla Vitantonio è atterrata per la prima volta all’aeroporto di Pyongyang con un lavoro come insegnante di italiano.

Nelson Mandela, freedom fighter and South African president: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Over the course of more than twenty years, James D. Richardson and his wife, Lori, retraced the steps of his ancestor, George Richardson (1824-1911), across nine states, uncovering letters, diaries, and more memoirs hidden away. Their journey brought them to the brink of the racial divide in America, revealing how his great-great-grandfather Richardson played a role in the Underground Railroad, served as a chaplain to a Black Union regiment in the Civil War, and founded a college in Texas for the formerly enslaved.

When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life apart from her family in a new country. There, she found her voice as an advocate for her father, and for Uyghur people being forced into concentration camps by the Chinese government.

There are few figures and leaders of recent American history of greater social and political consequence than Jesse Jackson, and few more relevant for America’s current political climate. In the 1960s, Jackson served as a close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, meeting him on the notorious march to legitimate the American democratic system in Selma, and continued his political legacy, inspiring a generation of Black and Latino politicians and activists. In I Am Somebody, David Masciotra argues that Jackson’s legacy must be rehabilitated in the history of American politics.