Résultats pour "River" dans Politique publique

Brought to you by Penguin. From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title. At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, “every bit as important—and as well written—as A Civil Action and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (The Star-Ledger) “A new classic of science reporting...

This program is read by the author. “My Side of the River is both fierce and poetic. It brilliantly reframes border writing while embracing nature and familial history. There are moments one sees greatness appear. This is one of those moments.” —Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times...

NAMED A TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN CURRENT INTEREST FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NONFICTION AWARD The instant New York Times bestseller, "A must-read for anyone who thinks 'build a wall' is the answer to...

In Cry Me a River, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the Basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity. Her essay is both a portrait of the Murray–Darling Basin and an explanation of its woes. It looks at rural Australia and the failure of politics over decades to meet the needs of communities forced to bear the heaviest burden of change.

Some refugees who had fled from Germany, in an attempt to escape Nazi persecution, were rounded up, interned, and later used in a prisoner exchange program between the United States and German governments. The American government also went to great lengths to secure Germans living across Latin America, who they believed posed a tangible threat, should they cross America’s southern border. In spite of a preponderance of evidence affirming the occurrence of these events, the United States government persistently denied it for decades.

Ein brutaler Drogensüchtiger, der Rentner verprügelt und selbst vor seinen eigenen Großeltern nicht haltmacht. Amtsrichter Stephan Zantke hat tagtäglich mit unglaublichen Fällen wie diesem zu tun und trifft dabei auf menschliche Abgründe, die nur schwer zu ertragen sind – und bei denen manchmal nur das Böse übrig bleibt. Nach dem großen Erfolg seines ersten Hörbuches gewährt der bekannte »Klartext-Richter« erneut einen ehrlichen und unbeschönigten Blick in den Alltag deutscher Gerichte.

In the summer of 1962, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began to express interest in targeting one of the South's most brutally segregated cities. Nicknamed “Bombingham”, the city had witnessed the bombing of over a dozen Black homes and churches in the previous five years. A victory in Birmingham was a goal that would embolden the Civil Rights Movement like never before. Together with Ralph Abernathy and other SCLC leaders, King recruited and organized volunteers for sit-ins, demonstrations, boycotts, and protests throughout the city.

Immer mehr Menschen sind von Altersarmut betroffen. So auch Susanne Holtkotte, Reinigungskraft aus Bochum, deren Rente einmal 715 Euro im Monat betragen soll. In der Talkshow Hart aber fair trat sie angesichts der Debatte um Grundrente leidenschaftlich für mehr soziale Gerechtigkeit ein...