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Este libro nos acompaña como lectores a través de la identificación del racismo en toda su variedad de manifestaciones al tiempo que nos hace visibles las formas en las que hemos interiorizado estas ideas y nos permite contrastarlas con una aproximación plenamente antirracista. Si bien Kendi habla de su experiencia y perspectiva como hombre negro estadounidense, sus descripciones de las dinámicas de agresión y resistencia resultan inmensamente...
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A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new...
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One life. Six words. What's yours? True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled Not Quite What I Was Planning, the New York Times bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series-and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH Magazine has compiled a book written entirely by these bold, brash truth-tellers. From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to...
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En este volumen Juanjo Fernández nos entrega sesenta y cuatro crónicas liberadoras escritas entre el 17 de marzo y el 30 de junio de 2020, durante el aislamiento domiciliario forzoso que decretó el gobierno peruano como medida de urgencia para frenar la propagación del coronavirus. Con una prosa ágil, comprometida y gozosa, cuando no doliente, el autor -cronista gráfi-co español afincado en el Perú-, nos invita a un encuentro con los mil rostros...
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Jade est une collégienne positive et pleine de vie... Jusqu'au jour o tout bascule. Personne ne l'a frappée au cours de cette année-là... Elle passe pourtant les suivantes à se battre pour se reconstruire et trouver la force de pardonner. Ce qu'elle pense être une complicité partagée soulève une longue phase de cauchemars dans laquelle se mêlent intimidation, isolement et rabaissement. Sous emprise totale, elle tente d'avancer à travers...
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¿Cómo es tener a una profetisa como abuela? Ella Robinson lo sabe. Su abuela era Elena de White. En este libro, Ella cuenta cómo era Elena de White como abuela y como persona. Aunque Dios le dio grandes responsabilidades a la Sra. White, aun así encontraba tiempo para ser la clase de abuela con la que cualquier niña soñaría. Sabía que una niñita cansada disfrutaría de una manzana, una pastilla de menta o de ser ayudada a recortar una ilustración...
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This sports book, memoir, and manifesto from a Super Bowl Champion elucidates racism in the United States.
Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He’s also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable.
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When you're willing to step outside your comfort zone, the world awaits.
In 2007, Matt Fox-a recent graduate who studied strategic decision-making in university-found himself alone on the side of a highway with no plan other than to see where his thumb and the road would take him. For the next two years, he would travel across Canada to Alaska and back, experiencing life in a way most people never will…a life beyond his comfort zone.
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The classic American memoir of twelve kids, two parents, and a world of laughter and love Translated into more than fifty languages and adapted into two classic motion pictures, Cheaper by the Dozen is the unforgettable story of the Gilbreth clan as told by two of its members. In this endearing, amusing memoir, siblings Frank Jr. and Ernestine capture the hilarity and heart of growing up in an oversized family. Mother and Dad are world-renowned...
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A Jewish man recounts his experience as a little boy in Paris during World War II and the Holocaust, as well as his escape and survival in this memoir.
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up eleven-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. After being held for five days in appalling conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, Joseph and his family were transported by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande...
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