Résultats pour "The Streets" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

With a new introduction from New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork. The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her...

From best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks.

This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister – the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election...

When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg Trials.

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'A monumental achievement: profoundly personal, told with love, anger and great precision' - John le Carré 'A triumph of astonishing research ... No novel could possibly match such an important work of truth' - Antony Beevor 'Magnificent ... I...

From two leading economists comes a groundbreaking new portrait of the hidden fortunes of Main Street business owners—ordinary Americans who built extraordinary wealth and are quietly rewriting the rules of money and power. Most people think the path to great wealth runs through Wall Street or...

'An indelible and enthralling work of moral witness' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'These questions of memory and impunity are forever timely' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An extraordinary achievement . . . I read with open mouth and thumping heart' STEPHEN FRY The house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is...

Psychoanalysis is having a resurgence in popularity—but it is not helping patients navigate the harm of modern-day capitalism. Instead, it continues to enforce oppressive structures, state power, and reactionary politics. Practicing psychoanalytic clinician Lara Sheehi creates a thrilling...

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award. Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost...

Andrew Ross Sorkin's website Andrew Ross Sorkin's interview on Charlie Rose Watch a Video Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner...

How can one story of a Black family, a community and their relationship to home develop our understanding of lived experience in segregated North Omaha? In 1952, author and scholar Valandras grandparents bought a two-story white house on the corner of Pratt Street and 28th Street in North Omaha...

What is philosophy and how can it help us think about questions that matter? In fifth-century Athens, Socrates discussed ideas with ordinary people in the marketplace. He wanted to get a clear sense of the most important questions people ask about the topics that matter to them, and in...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES ‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE’ ED BALLS 'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON Boris Johnson has always been larger...

Enduring hardship was not new to him. The Marine Corps gave it purpose.From a childhood marked by violence and enforced silence to the drill field at Parris Island, The Street follows Sherman Gillums Jr. as he evolves into the role of senior drill instructor, forging young men into warriors in...

The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day. Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven...

A thought-provoking introduction to modern philosophy—from the cohost of the popular Philosophy Bites podcast “Wonderfully sharp and human … an important book for bewildering times.” —Sarah Bakewell, bestselling author of At the Existentialist Café In ten chapters, Street Philosophy...

Wangari Muta Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt movement in Kenya, speaks with Chris Johns, the editor-in-chief of National Geographic, about the critical link between the environment, democracy, the complex continent of Africa, and world peace.

Have you ever been told advice from many people, but then you come across someone that conveys the same advice; however for some reason it resonates with you more than all of the others? For The Streets was created for this very reason. To have conversations regarding life, relationships, careers, goals, etc. that can give alternative perspectives, knowledge, understanding on topics that can help people take chances in life, strive to achieve their goals, understand their partner in their relationship better and/or themselves by taking a step back and viewing life through an alternative lens.

A foundational classic in the historiography of the American Civil War. In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Civil War Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for...

à la street, c'est un podcast rigolo, une bande de copains qui non contents de dire n'importe quoi et de mentir, se permettent de parler de sujets qu'ils ne maîtrisent pas obligatoirement, mais ils le font avec panache et dérision. Ils dépassent souvent les limites, mais leur compte en banque et quelques pots-de-vin légaux, leur permettent de briser tous les tabous et de dire du mal ou du bien des grandes personnalités, et ce gratuitement depuis une loi de 1958. Actu, troll, ciné et musique sont la plupart du temps abordés de manière spontanée et les propos tenus sont souvent ...