Novedades

This book documents how Woody Guthrie was born and reared in the hardest of times. But as he became an adult, he took advantage of America’s eagerness to mythologize the working man into a grassroots hero (as in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath). He adopted the persona—the music, the speech, the look, and the habits--of the poor working class he observed in his travels. He hardly ever stepped out from behind that myth, though he was in fact an intellectual with a gift for writing poetry, novels, and songs that connected with the young and the old, the educated elite and the nearly...

Stan Paregien tells about life as it really was for people in the United States and for our military men and women who served not only in the U.S. but on war fronts around the globe. And it includes 87 photos and 58 graphics. It is all about real life, the tide that sends waves rushing high on the shore only to retreat, regenerate, and rush headlong, again. Get ready for a unique journey through time with a veteran storyteller. The contents of this book have, well, an “unusual” organization. Stan explains it this way: “It doesn’t sound radical to say the events described here are ...

We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty and loss. Widowhood, redundancy, a life-changing diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or a global pandemic. So how can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. She has been there after countless earthquakes, fires and floods. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy.

¿Qué historias y secretos revela la internet sobre Barack Obama? ¿Cómo puede la tecnología reinterpretar la trayectoria de una de las figuras más emblemáticas del siglo XXI? ¿Somos, en el mundo digital, los mismos que en la vida real? En esta obra biográfica, se utilizó la inteligencia artificial para explorar datos públicos disponibles en la internet, organizando información sobre Obama de una manera inédita. La vida, las contribuciones, las controversias y el legado del primer presidente afroamericano de Estados Unidos se presentan bajo una nueva perspectiva: la de la tecnología.

ينظر بعض المؤرخون لهتلر بأنه شخصية فريدة في التاريخ الألماني، حاولت تحسين الظروف السياسة والإقتصادية للشعب الألماني في فترة حكمه. وعلى الطرف الآخر، يعتبر مؤرخون أن هتلر واحد من أكثر الشخصيات دموية في التاريخ الحديث؛ حيث تسببت سياساته في قتل ملايين المدنيين والعسكريين، خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية.

Written with verve and sparkling prose, Black trans leader Tourmaline brings this iconic, scandalous, vital justice warrior to life in full colour for the first time. Through nearly two decades of research and unprecedented access, Tourmaline has become Marsha’s leading archivist and handles her life and story with care, attention and a perfect dose of humour.