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As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author of Buck, written to a nephew who was shot nine times and survived—a reflection on life, overcoming odds, finding your voice, and the...

“現代最後のカオス”に挑んだ圧巻のノンフィクション大作！権力に抗うアウトローや迫害されたマイノリティが逃げ込む謎の巨大湿地帯〈アフワール〉

This “witty, humorous, and heartfelt“ (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich’s life, from growing up in Florida as the child of and a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic. When...

A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to simply exist “At thirty-seven years old I can say Shenequa is a big name and I’m a big, bold woman.” Shenequa Golding doesn’t aim to speak for...

On the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madhulika, said goodbye to their daughter, Tarini, and dogs, and left their Delhi home to board a flight for Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Around 11.48 a.m., they boarded an Mi-17 V5 helicopter that took...

Through Donna Edwards-Hawthorne's personal life story, she intends to remind you that your hope will be the light in all the darkness. Having grown up in Jamaica, Donna narrates her tell-all tale about all the hardships in her childhood life, aiming to inspire you towards an attitude of never giving up. Why not be your biggest supporter and make it through life's darkest days instead of putting yourself down and struggling? After all, it will only be you sticking up for yourself till the end of time—no one else.

"Auf nach Italien - Eine wilde Achterbahnfahrt der Auswanderung" von Stef Smulders ist eine fesselnde und aufschlussreiche Memoire, die den Leser auf eine Reise durch die Erfahrungen des Autors beim Umzug nach Italien mit seinem Partner Nico mitnimmt. Vom Navigieren durch die Komplexitäten der italienischen Bürokratie bis hin zur Anpassung an die lebhafte Kultur des Landes teilt Smulders seine ehrlichen Beobachtungen und amüsanten Anekdoten über das Leben als Expat in Italien.

A powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, the story of an unforgettable matriarch, and a unique coming-of-age story by Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba. The actress Uzo Aduba came of age grappling with a master juggling act: as one of few Black families in their white...

L'histoire vraie du Parcours des Baroumbayes de l'Afrique aux États-Unis" de l'auteur Noubaissem Baroumbaye est une histoire évocatrice d'immigration commençant dans son pays natal Tchad, à travers ses études théologiques au Cameroun, et enfin aux circonstances fortuites entourant son émigration d'Afrique vers les États-Unis.

Este libro retrocede noventa años y relata una serie de hazañas a cargo de inmigrantes salvadoreños que han aportado arte, solidaridad, educación, tecnología, creatividad, trabajo duro y sacrificio en la Gran Manzana y sus suburbios. Un punto de partida para que las nuevas y futuras generaciones transnacionales cuestionen de dónde vienen y construyan puentes positivos basados en el diálogo y la comprensión.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it. Throughout her prolific...

En abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años después del asesinato del presidente socialista democráticamente electo, Patrice Lumumba. Porque...

Gaia ha già diverse vite alle spalle. Nata a Bogotà e adottata a pochi mesi da una famiglia italiana, è cresciuta a Genova, animata dal costante desiderio di muoversi, viaggiare, esplorare. Per conoscere nuovi luoghi e persone, o forse per trovare un posto da chiamare "casa" nel senso più pieno del termine, un'identità in cui riconoscersi fino in fondo. Oppure, più semplicemente, per andare alla ricerca di quella felicità che tutti noi rincorriamo.

Si può crescere nella stessa città, camminare per le stesse strade, incontrare le stesse persone, ma vivere storie così lontane da sentirsi abitanti di due mondi diversi. Quella di Mohamed è la storia di un bambino che impara troppo presto a conoscere sulla propria pelle l'ostilità dettata dall'ignoranza, la cattiveria del branco e l'ipocrisia degli adulti. Un bambino dagli occhi grandi, pieni di sogni, che desidera provare quel senso di appartenenza e calore che ci fa sentire "a casa" e costruire un futuro migliore per sé e per la sua famiglia.

Entre comienzos de la década del 50 y 1962, René Favaloro se desempeñó como médico rural en el pueblo pampeano de Jacinto Aráuz. Estos doce años fueron los que lo definieron, tanto en su vida profesional como en la personal. El mismo doctor que se volverá una eminencia años después en Cleveland, trabajando con los profesionales más destacados de la medicina internacional, inició su carrera en el interior de la Argentina, y fue esa labor lo que más marcó su vocación.

I'm living in the dream our great-grandparents envisioned for their grandchildren. Long-time Alice, Texas resident, my grandmother Abelina Ybarra Garcia and her niece Jesusa Ramirez Godines escaped the Mexican Revolution and the Cristero War. Grand uncle David Ramirez sacrificed his life for the safety of his sister and niece, Abelina and Jesusa, at the end of a 500-mile journey on foot from Ocampo Guanajuato, Mexico. My elderly uncles recall a great love story on how Genaro met Martina Lopez from Seguin, Texas.

The Fire and the Bonfire reveals a close–though also difficult–father-son relationship, and explores genocide through art, which leads to unexpected discoveries.

The memoirs collected in this book tell of an America where families and neighbors came together to help each other survive America's longest and deepest economic depression. These are memories of ordinary Americans of a time now nearly forgotten.

Clarence had seen tragedies and experienced physical abuse and brutality but was nonetheless fortunate enough to escape from of a war zone that was devastated by angry men who were searching to find identity in a nation filled with generational anger, hatred, and greed. Stories of ancestral war and tribal conflict left unresolved by their forefathers and elders returned to haunt their children, creating what would become the deadliest human catastrophe in the West African region.

A probing biography of world-renowned Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson and the history of his performance in and the making of The Jazz Singer Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from a shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1894 after his father secured a job as a rabbi in Washington...