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Postcolonial love poem: Poems
Par Natalie Diaz. 2020
Postcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz's brilliant second collection demands that every body carried…
in its pages bodies of language, land, rivers, suffering brothers, enemies, and lovers be touched and held as beloveds. It unravels notions of American goodness and creates something more powerful than hope a future is built, future being a matrix of the choices we make now, and in these poems, Diaz chooses love. Adult. UnratedWhiteness in plain view: a history of racial exclusion in Minnesota
Par Chad Montrie. 2022
Whiteness in Plain View examines the ways White residents across Minnesota acted to intimidate, control, remove, and keep out African…
Americans over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their methods ranged from anonymous threats, vandalism, and mob violence to restrictive housing covenants, realtor deceit, and mortgage discrimination, and they were aided by local, state, and federal government agencies as well as openly complicit public officials. What they did was not an anomaly or aberration, in some particular place or passing moment, but rather common and continuous. Chapter by chapter, the book shows that Minnesota's overwhelming Whiteness is neither accidental nor incidental, and that racial exclusion's legacy is very much woven into the state's contemporary politics, economy, and culture. Provided by publisher Adult. UnratedTrue story: what reality TV says about us
Par Danielle J Lindemann. 2022
The Violence Project: how to stop a mass shooting epidemic
Par Jillian Peterson. 2021
Lili: a portrait of the first sex change
Par Lili Elbe. 2015
"Lili Elbe was, in 1931, the first transsexual to receive a male-to female sex change. This remarkable book - a…
sensation when first published over eighty years ago - shows Lili (now the subject of a major motion picture The Danish Girl starring Eddie Redmayne) as a trans pioneer who took extraordinary risks to discover and liberate her true identity. It is also a tale of marriage, of love and romance, that provides a fascinating insight to the bohemian society of the 1930s. |Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change| is told through original documents, her personal correspondence, and with contributions from those who loved her most. Available in English as an ebook for the first time, it remains a pertinent and powerful work, acting as a monument to an iconic struggle, and a celebration of her bold and profoundly human journey. Note: This book was previously published as |Man Into Woman|." -- Provided by publisherLa main gauche du diable
Par Claude Aubin. 2003
La main gauche, c’est celle qui fait toutes les sales besognes. La Main gauche du Diable, c’est la somme des…
pieux mensonges, des omission volontaires et des informateurs indiscrets sans lesquels la police ne pourrait faire son travail. La Main gauche du Diable, c’est surtout le récit d’un détective épris de justice, marginal à sa façon, qui mène ses enquêtes parfois contre vents et marées. En trente ans de carrière, il procède à plus de deux mille arrestations, fréquente les lieux où se terrent les criminels pour mieux les débusquer, tout en se heurtant à la rigidité de la hiérarchie. Il dérange tant la mafia russe de Montréal qu’elle finit par mettre sa tête à prix à deux reprises. Puis, il passe de l’autre côté du miroir, subit les calomnies et se retrouve en prison… une épreuve qu’il affronte avec droiture et dignité. C’est ce destin hors du commun – son destin – que Claude Aubin nous raconte avec brio. Un livre haletant et inoubliable. ~ Au service de la police de Montréal, Claude Aubin participe à une douzaine de groupes d’intervention et démantèle plusieurs gangs de rues. Expert des bandes criminelles des pays de l’Est, il se frotte aux mafias russe et bulgare. Il est également un spécialiste reconnu du crime organisé jamaïcain. En 2000, il fonde sa propre agence de détectives. Et, en avril 2001, sa vie bascule : il est arrêté, puis condamné à deux ans de prison pour « détention illégale d’informations policières ». Il recouvre officiellement sa liberté le 15 avril 2003, au moment où paraît La Main gauche du Diable, son premier livre.Green metropolis: the extraordinary landscapes of New York City as nature, history, and design
Par Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. 2016
People think of New York City as the land of skyscrapers, but the parks and green spaces are remarkable. They…
include nature refuges and bird sanctuaries as well as the celebrated Central Park. AdultNo house to call my home: love, family, and other transgressions
Par Ryan Berg. 2015
Over 4000 youth are homeless in New York City and 43 percent of them identify as LGBTQ. Author Ryan Berg…
writes of being a caseworker in a group home for disowned these teenagers, witnessing their struggles, fears, and ambitions as they resist the pull of the street. UnratedLong players: a love story in eighteen songs (A Penguin Original)
Par Peter Coviello. 2018
A passionate, heartfelt story about the many ways we fall in love: with books, bands and records, friends and lovers,…
and the families we make. Have you ever fallen in love--exalting, wracking, hilarious love--with a song? Long Players is a book about that everyday kind of besottedness--and, also, about those other, more entangling sorts of love that songs can propel us into. We follow Peter Coviello through his happy marriage, his blindsiding divorce, and his fumbling post marital forays into sex and romance. Above all we travel with him as he calibrates, mix by mix and song by song, his place in the lives of two little girls, his suddenly ex-stepdaughters. In his grief, he considers what keeps us alive (sex, talk, dancing) and the limitless grace of pop songs Adult. Strong language. UnratedLos suicidas del fin del mundo: crónica de un pueblo patagónico (Colección Andanzas #613)
Par Leila Guerriero. 2020
"In the late 1990s, a wave of suicides rocked Las Heras, a small oil town in the province of Santa…
Cruz. Most of the dead were around twenty-five years old and were typical inhabitants of the town, children of modest but traditional families. However, the official list of these suicides was never drawn up. Leila Guerriero traveled to this desolate Patagonian spot, talked to the families and friends of the suicides, walked the same streets and visited every corner of the town. The result is this stark and precise account that not only reconstructs the tragic episodes of those years but also magnificently depicts the daily life of a community far from the big cities. Las Heras, with its wave of unemployment and lack of future for young people, is an enigma whose resolution is far from definitive: suicides, like a dismal destiny, followed one another for a long time. This is a disturbing chronicle that reads with fascination and unveils a reality marked by horror, prejudice and indifference." -- Amazon.comBlack skin, white masks (Get political)
Par Frantz Fanon. 2008
"Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon,…
and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history." -- Provided by publisherOutside the XY: a bklyn boihood anthology
Par Bklyn Boihood, Morgan Mann Willis. 2017
"Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays…
and letters-all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as people of color in the world. Read these passionate, complex autobiographical glimpses into the many layers of identity as the authors offer olive branches to old and new lovers." -- Provided by publisherThe BBC: a century on air
Par David Hendy. 2022
"The first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present. Doctor Who;…
tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles and the Stones; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: for one hundred years, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been the preeminent broadcaster in the UK and around the world, a constant source of information, comfort, and entertainment through both war and peace, feast and famine. The BBC has broadcast to over two hundred countries and in more than forty languages. Its history is a broad cultural panorama of the twentieth century itself, often, although not always, delivered in a mellifluous Oxford accent. With special access to the BBC's archives, historian David Hendy presents a dazzling portrait of a unique institution whose cultural influence is greater than any other media organization. Mixing politics, espionage, the arts, social change, and everyday life, The BBC is a vivid social history of the organization that has provided both background commentary and screen-grabbing headlines--woven so deeply into the culture and politics of the past century that almost none of us has been left untouched by it." -- Provided by publisherServants of Allah: African Muslims enslaved in the Americas
Par Sylviane A Diouf. 2013
"Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many assume…
that what Muslim faith they brought with them to the Americas was quickly absorbed into the new Christian milieu, as Sylviane A. Diouf demonstrates in this meticulously-researched, groundbreaking volume, Islam flourished during slavery on a large scale. She details how, even while enslaved, many Muslims managed to follow most of the precepts of their religion. Literate, urban, and well-traveled, they drew on their organization, solidarity and the strength of their beliefs to play a major part in the most well-known slave uprisings. But for all their accomplishments and contributions to the history and cultures of the African Diaspora, the Muslims have been largely ignored. Servants of Allah-a Choice 1999 Outstanding Academic Title-illuminates the role of Islam in the lives of both individual practitioners and communities, and shows that though the religion did not survive in the Americas in its orthodox form, its mark can be found in certain religions, traditions, and artistic creations of people of African descent. This 15th anniversary edition has been updated to include new materials and analysis, a review of developments in the field, prospects for new research, and new illustrations." -- Provided by publisherLas guerras globales del agua: privatización y fracking
Par Alfredo Jalife-Rahme. 2021
"Just as the 20th century was the era of the "oil/gas wars" that were part of the superpowers' geostrategic games,…
the 21st century is oriented towards the "global water wars" that have already begun in some areas of the planet, full of sea water and, paradoxically, where most humans are thirsty." -- Translation provided by NLSC'est bien connu, manger est un besoin essentiel. Or, certains ont la chance et le privilège de s'alimenter plus souvent…
que d'autres. Ce geste, répété trois fois par jour, a pourtant des conséquences qui dépassent largement les limites de l'estomac. En effet, les habitudes alimentaires de chacun ont des répercussions sur la santé des gens, sur celle de la planète et sur les populations qui y vivent. Ainsi, manger devient un geste hautement politique sur lequel nous pouvons exercer un pouvoir. L'envers de l'assiette est un guide alimentaire nouveau genre : engagé et socialement responsable. Ce guide pratique propose un éveil de la conscience sociale par les choix alimentaires que nous faisons. Il nous apprend qu'il est possible et simple de modifier notre alimentation grâce à quatre concepts : les 3N-J (Nu, Non-loin, Naturel et Juste). Le Nu touche l'emballage des aliments. Le Non-loin concerne le chemin parcouru par les aliments. Le Naturel suggère la réduction de produits chimiques dans la production agricole et la transformation des denrées. Enfin, le Juste a trait aux inéquités engendrées par les systèmes d'échanges, le partage inégal des ressources et propose quelques solutions pour y remédier. Un indispensable pour mordre à pleine dents dans la vie.The digital republic: on freedom and democracy in the 21st century
Par Jamie Susskind. 2022
"Not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired, and the internet was regarded as a tonic for freedom and…
democracy. Not anymore. Every day, the headlines blaze with reports of racist algorithms, data leaks, and social media platforms festering with falsehood and hate. In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author Jamie Susskind argues that these problems are not the fault of a few bad apples at the top of the industry. They are the result of our failure to govern technology properly. The Digital Republic charts a new course. It offers a plan for the digital age: new legal standards, new public bodies and institutions, new duties on platforms, new rights and regulators, new codes of conduct for people in the tech industry. Inspired by the great political essays of the past, and steeped in the traditions of republican thought, it offers a vision of a different type of society: a digital republic in which human and technological flourishing go hand in hand." -- Provided by publisherA year by the sea: thoughts of an unfinished woman
Par Joan Anderson. 1999
As a loving wife and supportive mother, Joan Anderson had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs…
of her family. With her sons grown and her husband taking a new job out-of-state, Joan decided to retreat to a family cottage. Over the course of a year, she discovered that her life as an "unfinished woman" was full of possibilities. Out of that transformative year came this record of her experiences and wisdomA celebration of family: stories of parents with disabilities
Par Dave Matheis. 2021
Collected by the Louisville Center for Accessible Living, these 30 short narratives are personal accounts of the triumphs and challenges…
of parenthood by people who happen to have a disability, whether sensory, physical, or cognitive. Some chapters include comments from spouses or children. Introduction by Jason Jones. 2021 AdultThe accommodation: the politics of race in an American city
Par Jim Schutze. 2021
"The powerful, long-repressed classic of Dallas history that examines the violent and suppressed history of race and racism in the…
city. Written by longtime Dallas political journalist Jim Schutze, formerly of the Dallas Times Herald and Dallas Observer, and currently columnist at D Magazine, The Accommodation follows the story of Dallas from slavery through the Civil Rights Movement, and the city's desegregation efforts in the 1950s and '60s. Known for being an uninhibited and honest account of the city's institutional and structural racism, Schutze's book argues that Dallas' desegregation period came at a great cost to Black leaders in the city. Now, after decades out of print and hand-circulated underground, Schutze's book serves as a reminder of what an American city will do to protect the white status quo." -- Provided by publisher