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Las cosas que me salvaron la vida: Soy una pringada
By Soy Una Pringada. 2018
El esperado nuevo libro de Esty Quesada, la persona más ácida y real de las redes. Los días y días…
que en el pasado Esty Quesada -Soy una Pringada- pasó sola entre las cuatro paredes de su habitación, hicieron que conociera muchas cosas: el underground, lo kitsch, lo trash, el rock alternativo, el grunge, el mundo club kid, la cultura drag queen..., y todo el musgo que se escondía detrás de las chicas guapas que veía en la tele. Este libro recoge esos referentes que le sirvieron a Esty para salvarle la vida y, de paso, darle una nueva, que falta le hacía. Las cosas que me salvaron la vida es una suerte de autobiografía, repleta de irreverencia, oscuridad, pensamientos de una niña abandonada y, también, esperanza. Esty Quesada aka Soy Una Pringada es, como indica su seudónimo, una pringada. Pero también es una freak, una rockstar, una niña muda, una personalidad de internet, un ser amoral y una fan de The Smiths. También hace radio, pincha en discotecas, escribe libros y es directora, guionista y protagonista de Looser, su propia serie.Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories
By Keith Smith, Mary-Ellen Kelm. 2018
Talking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive "how-to" guide for engaging with primary source documents. The intent of…
the book is to encourage readers to develop the skills necessary to converse with primary sources in more refined and profound ways. As a piece of legislation that is central to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities, and one that has undergone many amendments, the Indian Act is uniquely positioned to act as a vehicle for this kind of focused reading. Through an analysis of thirty-five sources pertaining to the Indian Act—addressing governance, gender, enfranchisement, and land—the authors provide readers with a much better understanding of this pivotal piece of legislation, as well as insight into the dynamics involved in its creation and maintenance.The Mammoth Book of Native Americans (Mammoth Books)
By Jon E. Lewis. 2004
Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages…
and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones of the buffalo and the practice of berdache (men adopted as women). The book offers a chronological history of America's indigenous peoples. It covers their dramatic early entry into North America, out of the now submerged continent of Beringia, then in more recent times the 'forgotten wars' of the 16th and 17th centuries, which wiped many tribes from the face of the East Coast, and finally describes to the last struggles of the Cheyenne and the Comanche. Celebrating these peoples' way of life rather than focusing narrowly on the manner of their genocide, it does not ignore uncomfortable facts of the Amerindian past - including the cannibalism believed to have been practised by some tribes and the Native Americans' part in the decimation of North America's buffalo herds.Sofía. Nuestra reina
By Carmen Enr quez. 2018
Sofía, nuestra reina más querida, cumple ochenta años en un momento crucial para la monarquía española. Con este motivo repasamos…
su vida, haciendo especial hincapié en los acontecimientos que en los últimos años han puesto a prueba la solidez de la institución monárquica. La reina Sofía, una de las mujeres más importantes de la historia reciente de España, ha afrontado en la última década situaciones muy difíciles, desde los problemas de salud y la posterior abdicación del rey Juan Carlos y el divorcio de la infanta Elena hasta su relación con la reina Letizia, el caso Nóos o las declaraciones de Corinna Larsen. Enormemente querida, respetada y admirada, este libro viaja en retrospectiva a los orígenes de este personaje tan emblemático y nos acerca a su presente y a su forma de afrontar el futuro. En el desempeño de su labor como corresponsal ante la Casa Real, Carmen Enríquez ha acompañado a la reina Sofía durante muchos años y ha llegado a conocerla en profundidad. Para completar este elaborado perfil biográfico ha contado, además, con el testimonio de una veintena de personas directamente relacionadas con la Reina. ----- «La reina Sofía cumple ochenta años, una edad más que respetable en la vida de una persona, y lo hace llena de energía, con una salud envidiable, según cuenta el equipo médico que se encarga de velar por su bienestar, con decenas de planes solidarios que pretende llevar a cabo en el futuro dentro de su objetivo vital de ser útil a los demás, y con el ánimo de disfrutar y estar muy cerca de su familia, especialmente de los ocho nietos que tiene de sus tres hijos. »Afronta esta nueva etapa de su existencia con la misma ilusión de siempre de mantenerse activa, de seguir adelante con la Fundación Reina Sofía, que le permite hacer realidad su voluntad de ayudar a quienes más lo necesitan, de continuar con la protección de los animales, el respeto del medio ambiente, el apoyo a la investigación del mal de Alzheimer y tantos otros proyectos que tiene entre manos siempre porque cree que esos son sus deberes como reina. »Doña Sofía ha sido, es y será siempre una persona cuya prioridad es, en primer lugar, la de servir a los españoles a través de la institución de la monarquía y en segundo lugar estar a disposición de su familia, especialmente en momentos tan difíciles como los que se han vivido en los últimos tiempos en el seno de la familia real. »A pesar de todas las dificultades, que se irán desgranando a lo largo de las páginas de este libro, la reina Sofía afronta el cambio de década de los setenta a los ochenta con grandes dosis de esperanza, entereza y también ilusión, esta última debida sobre todo a una circunstancia que le hace especialmente feliz: la mejoría sustancial de su relación con el rey Juan Carlos, su marido. Él está desde hace un par de años por la labor de recomponer la relación personal con la reina Sofía; los hemos visto juntos en los últimos meses en actividades oficiales que desempeñan en pareja, con gestos cordiales y amistosos evidentes entre ellos, incluso intercambiando frases que han provocado de nuevo la sonrisa e incluso la risa franca y sonora de ella».Carmen EnríquezRenegade Women in Film and TV: 50 Game Changers In Film And Tv
By Elizabeth Weitzman, Austen Claire Clements. 2019
A charmingly illustrated and timely tribute to the women who broke glass ceilings in film and television, debuting during an…
historic time of change in the entertainment industry. Renegade Women in Film and TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with icons like Barbra Streisand, Rita Moreno, and Sigourney Weaver to celebrate the accomplishments of 50 extraordinary women throughout the history of entertainment. Each profile highlights the groundbreaking accomplishments and essential work of pioneers from the big and small screens, offering little-known facts about household names (Lucille Ball, Oprah Winfrey, Nora Ephron) and crucial introductions to overlooked pioneers (Alla Nazimova, Anna May Wong, Frances Marion). From 19th century iconoclast Alice Guy Blaché to 21st century trailblazer Ava DuVernay, Renegade Women honors the women who succeeded against all odds, changing their industry in front of the camera and behind the scenes.Don't Let Me Down: A Memoir
By Erin Hosier. 2019
A fierce, vivid memoir about a father-daughter relationship steeped in God, rebellion, and the Beatles. Erin Hosier’s coming-of-age was full…
of contradiction. Born into the turbulent 1970s, she was raised in rural Ohio by lapsed hippies who traded 1960s rock ‘n’ roll for 1950s-era Christian hymns. Her mother’s newfound faith was rooted in a desire to manage her husband’s mood swings, which could alternately fill the house with music or with violence. All the while, Jack was larger than life to his adoring daughter. Full of conflict, their complex relationship set the tone for three decades of Erin’s relationships with men; the Beatles provided the soundtrack. Jack bonded with Erin over their iconic songs, even as they inspired her to question authority—both his and others’.Don’t Let Me Down is about a brave girl trying to navigate family secrets and tragedies and escape from small-town small-mindedness. It is a searing and often funny exploration of how women first see themselves through the lens of a parent’s love, and of the ties that bind us to our childhood heroes, who ultimately lead us to ask that most profound of questions: Is love really all you need?Shoebox Funeral: Tales From Wolf Creek
By Elisabeth Voltz. 2017
Growing up with ten siblings on a farm in rural Grove City, PA, Beth Voltz came in contact with many…
animals, as one would expect when you live on a farm. But the Voltz family farm would usually have a few additions each week—the townspeople would often drop off their unwanted, or worse, dying animals for the Voltz family to take care of. Grave Tales: Stories from Wolf Creek is a heartfelt collection of short stories about the ducks, cats, dogs, and birds that Beth would befriend, all the while knowing that they wouldn't be around for very long.How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship
By Eva Hagberg Fisher. 2018
A luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman’s life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick,…
grieving, or lost—and for anyone who has struggled to seek or accept help Eva Hagberg Fisher spent her lonely youth looking everywhere for connection: drugs, alcohol, therapists, boyfriends, girlfriends. Sometimes she found it, but always temporarily. Then, at age thirty, an undiscovered mass in her brain ruptured. So did her life. A brain surgery marked only the beginning of a long journey, and when her illness hit a critical stage, it forced her to finally admit the long‑suppressed truth: she was vulnerable, she needed help, and she longed to grow. She needed true friendship for the first time. How to Be Loved is the story of how an isolated person’s life was ripped apart only to be gently stitched back together through friendship, and the recovery—of many stripes—that came along the way. It explores the isolation so many of us feel despite living in an age of constant connectivity; how our ambitions sometimes pull us apart more than bring us together; and how a simple doughnut, delivered by a caring soul, can become the essence of what makes a life valuable. With gorgeous prose shot through with empathy, pain, fear, and the secret truths inside all of us, Eva writes about the friends who taught her to grow up and open her heart—and how the relentlessness of suffering can give rise to the greatest joy.The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
By Maude Julien. 2018
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH. For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one…
woman rising above an unimaginable childhood. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation, tyrannizing her childhood and subjecting her to endless drills designed to "eliminate weakness." Maude learned to hold an electric fence for minutes without flinching, and to sit perfectly still in a rat-infested cellar all night long (her mother sewed bells onto her clothes that would give her away if she moved). She endured a life without heat, hot water, adequate food, friendship, or any kind of affectionate treatment.But Maude's parents could not rule her inner life. Befriending the animals on the lonely estate as well as the characters in the novels she read in secret, young Maude nurtured in herself the compassion and love that her parents forbid as weak. And when, after more than a decade, an outsider managed to penetrate her family's paranoid world, Maude seized her opportunity. By turns horrifying and magical, The Only Girl in the World is a story that will grip you from the first page and leave you spellbound, a chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape.cinque consigli per una vita migliore; un piccolo libro per grandi domande
By Liv Nilsson. 2018
È un libro interessante che richiama la vita di tutti noi, che riguarda ciascuno di noi. Lo scrittore sottolinea gli…
aspetti della nostra vita a partire dalla sua vita personale e dalla sua esperienza, esponendo i sentimenti e le emozioni che ha provato nella sua vita e che, certamente, ha provato ognuno di noi, nel bene e nel male.Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope
By Sharon Butala. 2017
An intimate and uplifting book about finding renewal and hope through grief and loss.“It was a terrible life; it was…
an enchanted life; it was a blessed life. And, of course, one day it ended.” —Sharon Butala In the tradition of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, Diana Athill’s Somewhere Towards the End, and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal comes a revelatory new book from one of our beloved writers. When Sharon Butala’s husband, Peter, died unexpectedly, she found herself with no place to call home. Torn by grief and loss, she fled the ranchlands of southwest Saskatchewan and moved to the city, leaving almost everything behind. A lifetime of possessions was reduced to a few boxes of books, clothes, and keepsakes. But a lifetime of experience went with her, and a limitless well of memory—of personal failures, of a marriage that everybody said would not last but did, of the unbreakable bonds of family. Reinventing herself in an urban landscape was painful, and facing her new life as a widow tested her very being. Yet out of this hard-won new existence comes an astonishingly frank, compassionate and moving memoir that offers not only solace and hope but inspiration to those who endure profound loss. Often called one of this country’s true visionaries, Sharon Butala shares her insights into the grieving process and reveals the small triumphs and funny moments that kept her going. Where I Live Now is profound in its understanding of the many homes women must build for themselves in a lifetime.The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir
By Apricot Irving. 2018
In this compelling, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Apricot Irving recounts her childhood as a missionary’s daughter in Haiti during a…
time of upheaval—both in the country and in her home.Apricot Irving grew up as a missionary’s daughter in Haiti—a country easy to sensationalize but difficult to understand. Her father was an agronomist, a man who hiked alone into the hills with a macouti of seeds to preach the gospel of trees in a deforested but resilient country. Her mother and sisters, meanwhile, spent most of their days in the confines of the hospital compound they called home. As a child, this felt like paradise to Irving; as a teenager, the same setting felt like a prison. Outside of the walls of the missionary enclave, Haiti was a tumult of bugle-call bus horns and bicycles that jangled over hard-packed dirt, the clamor of chickens and cicadas, the sudden, insistent clatter of rain as it hammered across tin roofs and the swell of voices running ahead of the storm. As she emerges into womanhood, an already confusing process made all the more complicated by Christianity’s demands, Irving struggles to understand her father’s choices. His unswerving commitment to his mission, and the anger and despair that followed failed enterprises, threatened to splinter his family. Beautiful, poignant, and explosive, The Gospel of Trees is the story of a family crushed by ideals, and restored to kindness by honesty. Told against the backdrop of Haiti’s long history of intervention—often unwelcome—it grapples with the complicated legacy of those who wish to improve the world. Drawing from family letters, cassette tapes, journals, and interviews, it is an exploration of missionary culpability and idealism, told from within.Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
By Lucy Worsley. 2018
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen,…
and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. Queen Victoria simultaneously managed to define a socially conservative vision of Victorian womanhood, while also defying its conventions. Beneath her exterior image of traditional daughter, wife, and widow, she was a strong-willed and masterful politician. Drawing from the vast collection of Victoria’s correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen and the contradictions that defined her. Queen Victoria is an intimate introduction to one of Britain’s most iconic rulers as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
By Bridgett M. Davis. 2019
A singular memoir highlighting "the outstanding humanity of black America" that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted…
daughter, and the life they lead in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s (James McBride)In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a Numbers racket out of her tattered apartment on Delaware Street, in one of Detroit's worst sections. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis' mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, granddaughter of slaves, Fannie became more than a numbers runner: she was a kind of Ulysses, guiding both her husbands, five children and a grandson through the decimation of a once-proud city using her wit, style, guts, and even gun. She ran her numbers business for 34 years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts."A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" to provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time. This original, timely, and deeply relatable portrait of one American family is essential reading.In Of One Mind and Of One Government Kevin Kokomoor examines the formation of Creek politics and nationalism from the…
1770s through the Red Stick War, when the aftermath of the American Revolution and the beginnings of American expansionism precipitated a crisis in Creek country. The state of Georgia insisted that the Creeks sign three treaties to cede tribal lands. The Creeks objected vigorously, igniting a series of border conflicts that escalated throughout the late eighteenth century and hardened partisan lines between pro-American, pro-Spanish, and pro-British Creeks and their leaders. Creek politics shifted several times through historical contingencies, self-interests, changing leadership, and debate about how to best preserve sovereignty, a process that generated national sentiment within the nascent and imperfect Creek Nation. Based on original archival research and a revisionist interpretation, Kokomoor explores how the state of Georgia’s increasingly belligerent and often fraudulent land acquisitions forced the Creeks into framing a centralized government, appointing heads of state, and assuming the political and administrative functions of a nation-state. Prior interpretations have viewed the Creeks as a loose confederation of towns, but the formation of the Creek Nation brought predictability, stability, and reduced military violence in its domain during the era.In Full Flight: A Story of Africa and Atonement
By John Heminway. 2018
The remarkable story of one woman's search for a new life in Africa in the wake of World War II--a…
life that sparked a heroic career, but also hid a secret past.Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years. A member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, the French-born Spoerry learned how to fly a plane at the age of forty-five and earned herself the cherished nickname, "Mama Daktari"--"Mother Doctor"--from the people of Kenya. Yet few knew what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa. Now, in the first comprehensive account of her life, Dr. Spoerry's revered selflessness gives way to a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname--this one sinister--working as a "doctor" in a Nazi concentration camp.In Full Flight explores the question of whether it is possible to rewrite one's troubled past simply by doing good in the present. Informed by Spoerry's own journals, a trove of previously untapped files, and numerous interviews with those who knew her in Europe or Africa, John Heminway takes readers on a remarkable journey across a haunting African landscape and into a dramatic life punctuated by both courage and weakness and driven by a powerful need to atone.Unwifeable: A Memoir
By Mandy Stadtmiller. 2018
From the popular, “candid and bold, tender and tough” (Cheryl Strayed) dating columnist for New York magazine and the New…
York Post comes a whirlwind and “gutsy” (Courtney Love) memoir recounting countless failed romances and blackout nights, told with Mandy Stadtmiller’s unflinching candor and brilliant wit.My story is not unique. Single girl comes to New York; New York eats her alive. But what does stand out is my discovery that you can essentially live a life that appears to be a textbook manual for everything one can do wrong to find love—and still find Mr. Right. Mandy Stadtmiller came to Manhattan in 2005, newly divorced, thirty years old, with a job at the New York Post, ready to conquer the city and the industry in one fell swoop. Like a “real-life Carrie Bradshaw” (so called by Jenny McCarthy), she proceeded to chronicle her fearless attempts for nearly a decade in the Post, New York magazine, and xoJane. But underneath the glitz and glamour of her new life, there is a darker side threatening to surface. She goes through countless failed high-profile hookups in the New York comedy and writing scene. There are soon too many nights she can't remember, and the blind spots start to add up. She begins to realize that falling in love won't fix her—she needs to fix herself first. Unwifeable is a New York fairytale brought to life—Sex and the City on acid. With hysterical insight, unabashed sexuality, and unprecedented levels of raw, honest pain, Unwifeable is a “blisteringly candid” (Sarah Hepola, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout) book that you can’t help but respond and relate to—perfect for fans of Amy Schumer and Chelsea Handler.Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing (Nation Bks.)
By Edited by MariJo Moore, Foreword by Vine Deloria. 1997
After five centuries of Eurocentrism, many people have little idea that Native American tribes still exist, or which traditions belong…
to what tribes. However over the past decade there has been a rising movement to accurately describe Native cultures and histories. In particular, people have begun to explore the experience of urban Indians--individuals who live in two worlds struggling to preserve traditional Native values within the context of an ever-changing modern society. In Genocide of the Mind, the experience and determination of these people is recorded in a revealing and compelling collection of essays that brings the Native American experience into the twenty-first century. Contributors include: Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Maurice Kenny, as well as emerging writers from different Indian nations.Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History
By Jenn Woodall, Sam Maggs. 2018
A fun and feisty tour of famous girl BFFs from history who stuck together and changed the world.A modern girl…
is nothing without her squad of besties. But don't let all the hashtags fool you: the #girlsquad goes back a long, long time. In this hilarious and heartfelt book, geek girl Sam Maggs takes you on a tour of some of history's most famous female BFFs, including: • Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the infamous lady pirates who sailed the seven seas and plundered with the best of the men • Jeanne Manon Roland and Sophie Grandchamp, Parisian socialites who landed front-row seats (from prison) to the French Revolution • Sharon and Shirley Firth, the First Nations twin sisters who would go on to become Olympic skiiers and break barriers in the sport • The Edinburgh Seven, the band of pals who fought to become the first women admitted to medical school in the United Kingdom • The Zohra Orchestra, the ensemble from Afghanistan who defied laws, danger, and threats to become the nation's first all-female musical group And many more! Spanning art, science, politics, activism, and even sports, these girl squads show just how essential female friendship has been throughout history and throughout the world. Sam Maggs brings her signature wit and warmth as she pays tribute to the enduring power of the girl squad. Fun, feisty, and delightful to read—with empowering illustrations by artist Jenn Woodall—it's the perfect gift for your BFF.