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Racismo en Estados Unidos. Una visión históricaofrece una mirada lúcida y profunda sobre uno de los problemas más persistentes y dolorosos de la nación norteamericana. Este libro revela cómo el racismo se ha tejido desde el origen mismo de la republica en sus estructuras politicas, economicas y sociales.La aguda y sensible pluma de Samaniego adentra al lector en pasajes y personajes historicos cruciales: desde la esclavitud como cimiento de la democracia estadounidense, pasando por la expansion territorial sustentada en el despojo y la explotacion, hasta la segregacion y la larga lucha por los derechos civiles, trazando una linea clara entre las transgresiones fundacionales y las tensiones raciales que aun marcan al pais.La pertinencia tematica del libro es indiscutible: en un momento en que el debate sobre justicia racial continua vivo en Estados Unidos, particularmente, y en el mundo en general, Samaniego ofrece una interpretacion historica que ilumina el presente. Con un recorrido que culmina en la eleccion de Barack Obama como primer presidente afroamericano y en las protestas de Black Lives Matter, el autor invita al lector a comprender el racismo no como un episodio aislado, sino como un fenomeno colectivo y estructural que ha definido a Estados Unidos desde sus origenes.

Cracovia, 1945. Stefan Trzyniecki —el joven médico que sobrevivió al centro psiquiátrico en El hospital de la transfiguración y al campo de exterminio en Entre los muertos— regresa a una ciudad devas

Durante un viaje de Copenhague a Vejle, Olivia conoce a un hombre. Él la invita a visitarlo en Londres y ella acepta. Cuando el gobierno británico decreta una cuarentena obligatoria por la COVID, Olivia debe pasar dos semanas encerrada en el apartamento de ese desconocido. El se va a trabajar, ella se queda sola y decide que es el momento de escribir su historia.Años atras, en un intento desesperado por conseguir dinero, Olivia acepto la propuesta de un hombre llamado T: una maleta llena de billetes y regalos lujosos a cambio de que el fuera el dueño de su cuerpo. En la cama, entre ambos, siempre habia un gran cuchillo de cocina, simbolo de un juego mortal del que ella logro escapar en el ultimo momento. Ahora, en Londres, en ese encierro forzado, se enfrenta de nuevo a las fuerzas que la condujeron a ese juego de autodestruccion en el pasado. La escritura se convierte en una forma de recuperar el control de su cuerpo y preguntarse si todavia es posible creer en el amor.Sincera, intima y agil, El libro del diablo es una novela sobre el deseo, el poder, el dinero y las consecuencias de sobrevivir a cualquier precio.Los lectores se enamoraran de los libros de Nordenhof simplemente por el texto, por ser una escritura verdaderamente experimental cuyo proposito etico y artistico estan tan profundamente entrelazados que se vuelven inseparables. The GuardianLa escritura de Nordenhof es arrebatadora. Chetna Maroo

La Antídoto de Uz, una bruja de la pradera, puede guardar los recuerdos de cualquier persona. Basta hablarle en su trompetilla verde esmeralda para que los secretos, alegrías y vergu?enzas se transfieran a la bruja y desaparezcan de la mente de quienes los desvelan. Pero la tormenta del Domingo Negro arrasa los campos, entierra las casas y evapora todos los recuerdos que la Antidoto custodiaba. Cuando despierta, esta vacia. Ha perdido lo unico que le proporcionaba poder. Si alguien lo descubre, su vida estara en peligro.Asphodel, capitana del equipo femenino de baloncesto y aspirante a bruja de la pradera, decide ayudarla. Con la complicidad de su tio, un granjero polaco, y de una fotografa del New Deal con una camara hechizada, intentaran enfrentar la maldicion que ha vuelto esteril la tierra y esta llevando a la ciudad a la inanicion.La Antidoto es una novela sobre la culpa, la memoria y los olvidos intencionados que se transmiten de generacion en generacion. Una epopeya durante el Dust Bowl que ilumina la historia estadounidense para hablar del presente y advertirnos de los peligros de nuestra epoca pero sin negar las posibilidades que todavia guarda el futuro. Karen Russell demuestra una vez mas poseer una imaginacion sin limites.Poderosa Combina una especie de realismo magico rural estadounidense con una apasionada preocupacion por el medioambiente. Financial TimesUna vision singular e inquietante que excava sin miedo en el pasado y desafia al lector a mirar el futuro de frente. Una proeza narrativa. KirkusUna autora brillante con una imaginacion increible. The TimesUn elaborado tapiz de investigaciones sociales, geologicas, historicas y medioambientales acerca del impacto de la expansion hacia el oeste de los Estados Unidos. Los Angeles TimesEsta novela me cautivo y me transporto mientras, de alguna manera, me enterraba y desenterraba algo sobre la historia de Estados Unidos que no sabia que necesitaba saber. Tommy Orange, autor de Wandering StarsRussell tiene un talento profundo y autentico. San Francisco ChronicleRussell mejora con cada palabra, ella si es una tormenta de arena de puro genio. Daisy Johnson, autora de Everything Under

Edna OBriens wonderful, wild and moving novel shocked the nation on its publication in 1960. Adapted for the stage by the author, The Country Girls, the play, is a highly theatrical and free-flowing telling of this classic coming of age story.This new edition of The Country Girls was published to coincide with its revival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2019.

As primeiras manifestações do movimento que se tornaria a luta feminista moderna O século XVIII, marcado pelo Iluminismo e suas ideias de liberdade e igualdade, foi um período crucial na história d

Um mergulho na efervescencia cultural e social da Vila Rica de Ouro Preto nos turbulentos anos da Inconfidencia. Pelos olhos do jovem Afonso, A viagem proibida recria a atmosfera da Vila Rica, no coraço das Minas Gerais, em um de seus periodos de maior efervescencia. Alem de descrever o dia a dia desse importante centro da economia no Brasil colonia, a narrativa tambem apresenta as tenses sociais e economicas que fermentavam no local, em particular o descontentamento com os impostos exigidos pela Coroa portuguesa. Os ideais de igualdade dos inconfidentes, a filosofia e a mistica organizadoras da resistencia quilombola e o descontentamento do povo com as autoridades coloniais se unem numa aventura que encantara qualquer interessado pela historia do Brasil.

Como teriam sido os primeiros anos após o descobrimento do Brasil, ou – como se chamava na época – Terra de Santa Cruz? Apresentando as peripécias dos protagonistas Paulo e Pedro, a renomada histori

The ongoing saga of Valdemar enters a new era with this epic trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.Beloved legend-in-his-own-mind Kelvren, a true luminary among gryphons, leads an air force of foreign agents and a flotilla of craft into the mystery of Lake Evendims storm-sieged center. The second explosion of the Cataclysm occurred there, but why was it less destructive than the first one? Kelvren and old friend Firesong think the answers will also explain the surge of otherworldy, deadly creatures bringing lethal chaos to Valdemar. Displaced allies and shocking truths are discovered among the Lakes horrors and twisted islands tortured by magics fury!

THE FRENCH DISPATCH brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city. It stars Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothee Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, and Owen Wilson.

**THE FIRST AND ONLY BIOGRAPHY OF DUTCH FORMULA ONE WUNDERKIND MAX VERSTAPPEN, CHARISMATIC WINNER OF THE 2021 FORMULA ONE TITLE** Few drivers have ever shaken up Formula 1 in quite the same way as Max Verstappen. Already the youngest competitor in F1 history, having made his breakthrough in 2015 aged just 17, his debut race for Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix saw him become the youngest driver ever to win a race, achieve a podium finish or even lead a lap. As the son of F1 legend Jos and elite-level kart driver Sophie Kumpen, Max was destined to be a racing driver. And since that headline-grabbing debut, he has continued to make an indelible impression on the sport, courting criticism and plaudits in equal measure. Sports journalist James Gray seeks to understand the outspoken nature and aggressive driving style that make Verstappen a must-watch before, during and after races, and why his Dutch fans, who turn up to cheer him on in their orange-clad droves, are quite so fanatical.

Help! There are zombie animals in the garden! Dave and Skipper think this is the work of some dreaded green cookies. (Eat them at your peril.) But a cookies a cookie, and Dave cant resist taking a peck. Now Skipper is in quite the flap! Is Dave about to turn into a zombie?Or are those animals actually just in fancy dress?Completely daft, eye-wateringly funny and unrelentingly energetic, this is the perfect series for emerging readers.

This book contains 71 deeply annotated chess victories of Tigran Petrosian (World Champion from 1963 to 1969) against the leading players of his day, some of which are in print for the first time. The authors authoritative but accessible language makes it a good read for the amateur as well as a cast-iron network of interlocking variations to satisfy the professionals. Petrosian was underrated as world champion in his day (many of his achievements were drowned out by the furore surrounding Bobby Fischer) but he is now being critically reappraised Garry Kasparov paid fulsome tribute to him at a recent London lecture. This insightful book aims to restore him to his rightful position in the pantheon of chess greats.

A Scots Quair is revolutionary - innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterisation and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In Sunset song, Gibbons finest achievement, the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming community: the seasons, the weddings, the funerals, the grind of work, the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll, machines repalce the old way of life. Cloud Howe and Grey Granite take Chris from her rural homeland to life in an industrial Scotland and the desperate years of the Depression. The triology as a whole is a major achievment, a picture of society undergoing traumatic and far-reaching transformation. Always readable, never sentimental, A Scots Quair is one of the most important works of Scottish literature.

From the elegance of the grand salons of Prideaux Place, Padstows most stately of homes, to the wild and remote Cornish coastline, Rosamunde Pilcher captured in her novels Cornwalls unique, diverse beauty and compelling charm. WINNER of the Gorsedh Kernows Holyer an Gof Awards 2023.Rosamunde Pilcher grew up near St Ives, publishing her first novel at the age of 25. Cornwall remained her long-standing inspiration with most of her novels set in this wonderfully diverse landscape. Her most famous novel, The Shell Seekers, catapulted Rosamunde to international fame and created a dedicated fan-base.This new Pitkin guidebook takes the reader on a tour of the key areas and places that inspired Pilchers creative writing. Clamber down the steep Bedruthan Steps and enjoy the traditional Cornish welcome in the beautiful harbour town of St Ives. St Michaels Mount, one of the most famous sights in Cornwall, sits majestically off shore while the sound of the waves battering the coastline is a key element in enjoying a visit to Lands End. These sites and many more informed Rosamunde Pilchers writing, making her novels and short stories some of the most popular and cherished around the world, several of which have been adapted for television.

Have you ever wondered how magical it would be if you could really communicate with animals? Charlie reluctantly goes to stay with some old family friends he has never met in rural Kenya, while his mother is seriously ill. He gradually discovers that a bronze wrist band, given to him by his grandfather, allows him to communicate with animals in the most extraordinary way. Together with a new friend Lily, who has a passion for wildlife, they find that some of the last remaining rainforest in the country, and the animals that live there, are in great danger from greedy and corrupt neighbours. After meeting up with Marian, another amazing young person, they learn of even greater powers that they might be able to use to save everything they love and value.

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland - from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis to the Solway estuary and the urban sprawl of Glasgow - to explore the interaction of people and wildlife in a variety of diverse settings. On her journey she discovers a number of communities who are taking on the job of regenerating their own landscapes and meets a host of fascinating people whose lives are inextricably bound up with questions of sustainability, conservation and landownership. Contents Includes: Western Isles (peatlands) * North Uist (machair) * Islay (farmland) * Loch Arkaig (woodland) * Knapdale (wetland) * Dumfries and Galloway (river and estuary) * Jura (coast) * St Kilda archipelago (sea) * Glasgow (urban landscapes) *Eigg (community ownership)

T. S. Eliot took George Barker onto the Faber poetry list in 1935 with Poems, when Barker was only twenty-two. This was the beginning of a publishing association which would endure through nineteen further volumes. There was an earlier Collected Poems published in 1957, but this edition, published in 1987 towards the end of the writers life, is the definitive edition. Here, readers have access to the contents of all of those volumes together with lesser-known work published by smaller presses and journals both in the UK and abroad. The book allows us to follow the evolution of a major talent who subscribed to no school and scorned all affiliation, but whose work is uncompromisingly true in both its stylistic integrity and its unswerving conception of poetic responsibility.His work was passionate, intellectually challenging and highly original, his language incantatory and often hypnotic. Peter Wilby, Guardian

No one likes Millwall. They dont care. But what does it really take to be a part of this team, or a supporter? A British Sports Books Awards 2011 nominee, Michael Calvins Family provides a unique glimpse into the soul of a real football club. Award-winning sports writer Calvin follows Millwall through an emotional promotion season. There for the first day of training, he was on the substitutes bench at Wembley, 333 days later. He vividly portrays players and management as family men, close to their roots. In captain Paul Robinsons words : Were playing for the people who hate their jobs, whod love our lives. Forget the glitz of the Premier League - this is the beautiful game in all its raucous glory. Intimate and compelling, Calvins unforgettable picture of lower-league English football is essential reading for anyone for whom football is far more than just a game.

Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lord of the Isles, but he can be recognised now as a much more complex figure of major prominence in twelfth-century Scotland and of truly landmark significance in the long history of the Gael. In this book individual chapters investigate his emergence in the forefront of the Gaelic-Norse aristocracy of the western seaboard, his part in Gaeldoms challenge to the Canmore kings of Scots, his war on the Manx king of the Isles, his importance for the church on Iona, and his extraordinary invasion of the Clyde which was cut short by his violent death at Renfrew in 1164. Perhaps most impressive is the books demonstration of how almost everything that is known of or has been claimed for Somerled reflects the same characteristic fusion of Norse and Celt which binds the cultural roots of Gaeldom. It is this recognition which has led its author to his proposal of Somerleds wider historical importance as the personality who most represents the first fully-fledged emergence of the medieval Celtic-Scandinavian cultural province from which is directly descended the Gaelic Scotland of today.