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"The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance. Peter Moskowitz's How to Kill a City takes readers from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can no longer...
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Who were the Reds under the bed? Why did ASIO snoop on several members of this migrant family struggling to set up a new life in Australia? ASIO maintained a vast library of files on half a million citizens, most of whom were never a threat to Australia's security. Through meticulous research, Michael Komesaroff has been able to sift through a multitude of records which were kept on his family, and discover why. This is not only an account of one...
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A collection of speeches by the much-admired congresswoman on the importance of ethics, the threat of tyranny, faith and politics, and more.
Through her career as a Texas senator, US congresswoman, and distinguished professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Barbara Jordan lived by a simple creed: "Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth, and doing what you said you were going to do." Her strong stand for ethics in...
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A través de los recuerdos de 20 entrevistados que conocieron al Che durante sus años de infancia y adolescencia en Alta Gracia (entre los que se encuentran los compañeros de los dos viajes por América Latina), y valiéndose de una minuciosa investigación histórica, La infancia del Che va sacando a la luz al ser humano que era Ernesto Guevara antes de convertirse en el popular revolucionario. Desde sus primeros años de vida, su estancia en Alta...
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When the Shah fled Iran in 1979, the happy, uneventful life that Farzaneh had known was shattered. Promised freedoms were eroded and universities closed in 1980, which led Farzaneh and her university friends to become involved in political activities aligned with Mojahedin.
At the age of 21, Farzaneh was amongst many arrested at a massive protest of an estimated 500,000 people and spent the next five years imprisoned. Her time in prison was harrowing....
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What happens if a radical government gets elected in Britain? How will the banks, the civil servants, the media and the military react? Is the idea of a British coup far-fetched? How can the left prepare? Chris Nineham addresses these questions by looking behind the myths at the reality of two hundred years of British state rule. He brings us a warning from history. Don't be fooled again, read this book.
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The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography. In it he was able to go into greater detail about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery, as he and his family were no longer in any danger from the reception of his work. It is also the only of Douglass' autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American Presidents such as Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield.
10) Irma Rangel
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Irma Rangel in The My Itty-Bitty Bio series is a biography for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Irma Rangel in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions. Includes a timeline, primary sources, glossary, and index. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest...
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In April of 2018, Giorgi Rtskhiladze answered the door of his Connecticut home to find two FBI agents bearing a subpoena waiting for him. Their questions: What was his interaction with Donald Trump, Trump family and the Trump Organization? What did he know about Michael Cohen's business dealings? Why was he the person who Cohen had a text conversation with about the possibility of damaging tapes of Donald Trump from Russia?
Though he and his family...
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Abolitionist, civil rights activist, orator, and author are all words that can be used to describe Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass relied on his own determination and ingenuity to carve a path to freedom. Once free, he dedicated his life to improving the lives of others and fighting for justice and equality. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this high-interest book includes essential text features like an index,...
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A fascinating account of an audacious woman's journey and a rapidly vanishing way of life, Azadi's Daughter is both a personal memoir and a political commentary. Journalist Seema Mustafa writes evocatively of the secular, pluralist India of the 1960s and '70s, chronicling her life as a Muslim woman born into the nationalist, progressive Kidwai family in Lucknow. As a child, her life was untouched by communalism, and even as she realizes that this...
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An intriguing look at the connections between Alberta premier
Peter Lougheed and his Métis grandmother, Isabella Clarke Hardisty
Lougheed, exploring how Métis identity, political activism, and colonial
institutional power shaped the lives and legacies of both.
Combining the approaches of political biography and historical narrative, The Premier and His Grandmother
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Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In this captivating memoir, a young Nawuth defies the odds and survives the invasion of his homeland by the Khmer Rouge. Under the brutal reign...
In this captivating memoir, a young Nawuth defies the odds and survives the invasion of his homeland by the Khmer Rouge. Under the brutal reign...
18) Marcus Garvey
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This biography of Marcus Garvey documents the forging of his remarkable vision of pan-Africanism and highlights his organizational skills in framing a response to the radical global popular upsurge following the First World War (1914-1918). Central to Garvey's response was the development of organizations under the umbrella of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which garnered the transnational support of several...
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This beginner biography takes a look into the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Complete with full-bleed relevant and historical photographs, timeline, glossary, and index.
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Biographie d'une figure essentielle du XIXe siècle: San Martín.
Peu de Français connaissent San Martín. Pourtant, sa vie en fait une figure essentielle du XIXe siècle: il a mené l'Argentine, le Chili et le Pérou vers l'indépendance. Général victorieux, il a toujours veillé à ce que le pouvoir soit rendu aux citoyens, ce qui l'a probablement privé de la popularité universelle d'un Washington ou d'un Bolivar. Né en Argentine, il passe...
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