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Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World
By Jack Weatherford. 2010
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful....Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital…
and immediate."THE WASHINGTON POSTAfter 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.From the Trade Paperback edition.La abadesa de Bingen
By María Elisa Cortina. 2019
La verdadera historia de la mujer que desafió a papas y emperadores en plena Edad Media. Nacida en una familia…
de fortuna y linaje, a los tres años de edad Hildegarda de Bingen comenzó a tener visiones acompañadas de dolores tan intensos que parecían llevarla a la muerte. A los catorce años fue encerrada, contra su voluntad, en una celda de barro adosada a las paredes de un monasterio de varones. Allí dedicaría su vida solo a la contemplación del Señor. Pero Dios le tenía preparada otra cosa. Sazonada con ingredientes fantásticos y usando como telón de fondo el mundo monástico y el convulsionado siglo XII, esta novela narra la historia de esa joven que desafiando a su mundo fue abadesa, profetisa y médico. Realizó milagros y exorcismo, se vistió con sedas y joyas, escribió de teología y medicina, compuso música, fundó dos monasterios, predicó en público, desafió al mundo masculino y enfrentó a papas y emperadores siendo una de las personalidades más fascinantes del siglo XII alemán. **Novela ganadora del Premio Caligrama 2018, en la categoría Talento.**Game Boy: Un libro de ficción, ensayo y privilegio (Caballo de Troya 2019, #Volumen 1)
By V ctor Parkas. 2019
Víctor Parkas dispara contra la hombría en Game Boy. Esta suma endiabladamente pop de sangrantes columnas de opinión y relatos…
tragicómicos es un dardo directo al ocaso de las masculinidades tóxicas. «Las nuevas masculinidades, para ser realmente nuevas, tienen que estar dispuestas a tomar posiciones que las lleven a sufrir el acoso, la suspicacia, la fiscalización, la persecución que sufren y han sufrido el resto de opciones genéricas, por el simple hecho de serlo frente a una dominante. El hombre nuevo sólo puede serlo si acepta adoptar gestos que no den réditos de cara a la galería [...]. Lo que sería nuevo es que los hombres, tan ansiosos de refundarse, desistieran para alivio del resto. Que entregasen las armas y se disolvieran [...]. Que todos los grupos de hombres merodeando por espacios públicos sean detenidos, identificados y disueltos. Que cinco tipos conjurados en un portal no puedan sertratados de otro modo, en lo jurídico, que como es tratada una organización terrorista.» Así habla Víctor Parkas en Game Boy, un libro que no es una recopilación de sangrantes columnas de opinión, ni tampoco una novelita generacional sobre el ocaso de las masculinidades tóxicas, ni mucho menos un conjunto de relatos endiabladamente pop. Game Boy es todas esas cosas a la vez, además de la confirmación de que su autor se ha convertido en uno de los críticos más voraces del panorama literario en español.Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story Diamond Jubilee (Wayland One Shots Ser. #5)
By John Malam. 2012
This year Queen Elizabeth II enjoys 60 glorious years as monarch with a Diamond Jubilee celebration to be held on…
5th June 2012. Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the life of our Queen from her birth to present day. It is the story of a princess who became Queen and head of the Royal House of Windsor.* Birth of a Princess* The Little Princesses* Life in the Palace* Princess at War* Elizabeth becomes Queen* The Royla Family* Royal Duties* The Royal family TreeEarly photographs capture the Queen's early years and a Royal family tree place the events of her life in context.Taking Cover: One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution
By Nioucha Homayoonfar. 2019
This coming-of-age memoir, set during the Iranian Revolution, tells the true story of a young girl who moves to Tehran…
from the U.S. and has to adjust to living in a new country, learning a new language, and starting a new school during one of the most turbulent periods in Iran's history.When five-year-old Nioucha Homayoonfar moves from the U.S. to Iran in 1979, its open society means a life with dancing, women's rights, and other freedoms. But soon the revolution erupts and the rules of life in Iran change. Religion classes become mandatory. Nioucha has to cover her head and wear robes. Opinions at school are not welcome. Her cousin is captured and tortured after he is caught trying to leave the country. And yet, in the midst of so much change and challenge, Nioucha is still just a girl who wants to play with her friends, please her parents, listen to pop music, and, eventually, have a boyfriend. Will she ever get used to this new culture? Can she break the rules without consequences? Nioucha's story sheds light on the timely conversation about religious, political, and social freedom, publishing in time for the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation
By Barbara Amaya. 2015
In 1972, Barbara Amaya was 16 years old, leading a life far from a typical teenager and why she was…
Nobody's Girl. She had been sent to three detention centers, lived on the streets of, first, Washington DC and then New York City. Amaya was forced to work as a prostitute and was hooked on heroin. The ten years she spent as a victim in the world of human trafficking is just the beginning of her story.Wicked Milwaukee (Wicked)
By Yance Marti. 2018
The Cream City of yesteryear was a dingy haven for scofflaws and villains. Red-light districts peppered downtown's landscape, but none…
had the enduring allure of River Street, where Kitty Williams and Mary Kingsley operated high-class brothels. Chinese opium dens flourished in the backrooms of laundries. The demise of the Whiskey Ring brought down local distillers in a nationwide scandal that nearly reached the Oval Office. As a result, Police Chief John Janssen and the Committee to Investigate White Slavery and Kindred Vice waged a protracted battle to contain the most brazen offenses. Local historian and founder of OldMilwaukee.net Yance Marti uncovers the rough and rowdy blackguards who once made Milwaukee infamous.Danica: Crossing the Line
By Danica Patrick, Laura Morton. 2006
Sharing secrets and stories, tales from the track, and insights into her personal life, Danica reflects on her extraordinary rise…
from a ten-year-old go-kart champion to the most successful woman in the history of American racing.Danica Patrick's life moves at 220 mph. She drives every race and lives every day like she has something to prove—and she does. As a 5-foot 2-inch, 100-pound woman, she had to qualify a little quicker and race a little faster than the boys—just to earn the respect she would otherwise be given if she weren't the "girl on the track, driving the princess mobile." But you don't get to be an IndyCar driver without talent and determination. Danica is living proof that if you work hard and aim high, you can do whatever you set your mind to, that you can rise to any challenge, and that what makes you different is what makes you great. An inspiration to all, Crossing the Line offers Danica's unique perspective on how to compete in life, how to stand out, and how to get the respect and attention you deserve.¿Qué haría Vicky? (Edición enriquecida con audio)
By Vicky Mart n Berrocal. 2017
Una obra íntima y personal en la que Vicky Martín Berrocal desnuda su corazón y nos cuenta sus secretos. Hay…
personas a quienes creemos conocer por su fama, otras a quienes admiramos por su trayectoria profesional, o bien aquellas a quienes simplemente quisiéramos tener como amigas. Vicky Martín Berrocal es una de ellas. Su carácter, su personalidad y su manera de afrontar la vida conquistan a cualquiera. Como mujer luchadora que es ha tenido que enfrentarse sola a muchos obstáculos, ha amado, ha sufrido, ha compartido, es madre, empresaria de éxito y ha seguido siendo fiel a ella misma. Vicky intenta transformar las dificultades, las heridas, en cicatrices que enseñan, en experiencias de vida positivas que guardar en la maleta y con las que poder reinventarse y seguir su camino. Con la afabilidad, la honestidad y el carácter que la definen Vicky Martín Berrocal nos transmite en ¿Qué haría Vicky? la emoción y laintensidad con las que afronta la vida y nos habla de amor, amistad, familia, metas, entre otras muchas cosas. ¿Qué actitud hemos de mostrar frente a la vida? ¿Es posible compaginar la maternidad con el desarrollo profesional? ¿Qué hemos de plantearnos a la hora de afrontar un proyecto y prosperar? Un recorrido cómplice por aquello que nos define y los logros que nos impulsan, o el hombre como compañero de viaje. Un libro sincero. «Victoria es demasiado mujer para llamarla Vicky. Es exuberante en todo, en físico, en sonrisa, en gestos y en palabras, en energía. Vive entre tres ciudades, cuida a su hija con total entrega, diseña trajes, lee continuamente [...] Es divertida, culta, a veces hechizada también. Y siempre tan femenina. Capaz de apasionarse de la misma manera por un hombre que por un par de zapatos. Se manifiesta en mil campos a la vez y eso me encanta».Boris IzaguirreElisabeth Gilman: Crusader for Justice
By Ross Jones. 2017
This is the first biography of Elisabeth Gilman, a largely forgotten Marylander who was born to privilege in the nineteenth…
century but became an irrepressible force for social justice in the twentieth. As the second daughter of Daniel Coit Gilman, founding president of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Elisabeth was raised in well-to-do, influential circles. Privately educated by tutors, she eventually earned a bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins. But unlike many who shared Elisabeth's elevated station, she was possessed of a restless and critical spirit. As a strong devotee of the Social Gospel, she campaigned on behalf of the poor, African- Americans, women, and laborers exposed to harsh conditions. After her father's death, Elisabeth joined the Socialist Party and was nominated as a candidate for governor of Maryland, United States senator, mayor of Baltimore, and even sheriff of Baltimore. Never married, Elisabeth fell under the spell of a charismatic, progressive Episcopal priest named Mercer Green Johnston, and followed him and his wife to Paris during World War I, where she helped to support homesick American doughboys under the aegis of the YMCA.Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
By Ruth Murray Underhill. 1972
Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers, attitudes toward the dead, the medicine…
man and shaman, hunting and gathering rituals, war and planting ceremonies, and newer religions, such as the Ghost Dance and the Peyote Religion. "The distinctive contribution of [Red Man's Religion] is the treatment of topics, the insight and the perspective of the author, and her ability to transmit these to the reader. . . . Trais and aspects of religion are not treated as abstract entitites, to be enumerated and summated, assigned a geographic distribution, and then abandoned. No page is a dry recital; each is an illumination. Insight and wisdom are framed in poetic prose. An offering of information in such a medium merits gratitude."—American AnthropologistNative American Myths
By Lewis Spence. 2013
Drawn from the myths and legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Sioux, Pawnee, and Northern and Northwestern Indians, these enchanting tales…
offer insights into tribal character and beliefs. Selected by the distinguished British anthropologist and folklorist Lewis Spence, they range in theme from romantic love to rivalry between warriors to victory over powerful forces. The details of their recounting evoke images of Native Americans' innermost aspirations and fears as well as their larger worldview.A major forerunner of modern studies of myth, this compelling book blends the legends with factual material, giving each myth a meaningful perspective. Students of anthropology and ethnology will prize the especially rich variety of mythical imagery in this collection, which features a simple, direct manner of storytelling that will appeal to children as well as to adults. All readers will find in these pages a treasury of suspenseful tales that reveal much of the spirit of North America's original cultures.A History of Law in Canada, Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1866 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History #1)
By R. Blake Brown, Philip Girard, Jim Phillips. 2018
This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the history of law in Canada. This volume begins at…
a time just prior to European contact and continues to the 1860s, while volume two will start with Confederation and end at approximately 2000. The history of law includes substantive law, legal institutions, legal actors and legal culture. The book assumes that since 1500 there have been three legal systems in Canada – the Indigenous, the French, and the English. At all times, these systems have co-existed and interacted, with the relative power and influence of each being more or less dominant in different periods. The history of law cannot be treated in isolation, and this book examines law as a dynamic process, shaped by and affecting other histories over the long term. The law guided and was guided by economic developments, was influenced and moulded by the nature and trajectory of political ideas and institutions, and variously exacerbated and mediated by inter-cultural exchange and conflict. These themes are apparent in this examination, and through most areas of law including family law, constitutional, commercial, land settlement and tenure, and criminal.If You Shoot, Shoot To Kill
By Corbett Hart. 2017
This is the professional autobiography of a Special Agent of the FBI segmented into twenty cases in which he was…
largely instrumental in bringing to completion. They range from white collar criminals attempting to swindle Elvis Presley to desperados such as Billy Dean Anderson, Danny Owens and an assortment of nefarious criminals including, but not limited to swindlers, bank robbers, murderers, and an untrue wife negotiating for her husband’s assassination.El libro de Emma Reyes: Memoria por correspondencia
By Emma Reyes. 2018
"Asombroso y agriamente poético". --The New York TimesEsta sorprendente memoria se convirtió clásico instantáneo cuando se publicó por primera vez…
en Colombia en 2012, casi una década después de la muerte de su autora, quien fue alentada en sus escritos por Gabriel García Márquez. Mediante veintitrés cartas dirigidas a su amigo y confidente Germán Arciniegas a lo largo de treinta años, Reyes describe de manera viva y con detalles pintorescos el coraje notable y la imaginación ilimitada de una niña que crece con nada.Emma Reyes era una niña ilegítima, criada en una habitación sin ventanas en Bogotá sin agua ni inodoro, y que sobrevivía únicamente de su ingenio para mantenerse a ella misma y a su hermana. Abandonada por su madre, ambas niñas se son acogidas por un convento católico que albergaba a 150 niñas huérfanas, donde lavaban ollas, planchaban y reparaban la ropa, fregaban pisos, limpiaban baños, cosían prendas y telas decorativas para las monjas y vivían con temor al Diablo. Analfabeta y sin saber nada del mundo exterior, Emma escapó a los diecinueve años, estableciendo una carrera como artista y forjando amistades con Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera, así como con artistas e intelectuales europeos. El retrato de su infancia que surge de este relato clarividente inspira en el lector un asombro especial hacia la deslumbrante vida de una talentosa escritora cuyo talento permaneció oculto por demasiado tiempo.Who Was Mother Teresa? (Who was?)
By Nancy Harrison, Jim Gigliotti. 2015
Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a…
religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine and violence had devastated the poor, Teresa shed her habit and walked the streets of Calcutta tending to the needs of the destitute. Her charity work soon expanded internationally, and her name remains synonymous with compassion and devotion to the poor.Wicked Branson (Wicked)
By Karen J. Underwood, Edward L. Underwood, Johnny Pinney. 2017
Branson's wholesome brand of entertainment made it the nation's destination for family fun, but the vacation wonderland can't claim a…
spotless past. Murder and mischief dogged the town's efforts at respectability from the very beginning. The founder's own brother, Galba Branson, was a prominent member of the notorious vigilante gang the Bald Knobbers. He died in a picnic shootout that originated in a church prank. Branson's transformation into a showbiz mecca brought quarrel and scandal in its wake, from provoked orangutans to wire-tapped dressing rooms. Three comedians and authors--Ed and Karen Underwood and John Pinney--offer this backstage pass to the seamier side of Branson's history.Mi historia: Mi Historia
By Michelle Obama. 2018
Un íntimo, poderoso e inspirador libro de memorias de la exprimera dama de Estados Unidos. Protagonista de una vida plena…
y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa función, contribuyó a que la Casa Blanca alcanzara sus mayores cotas de apertura y pluralidad de la historia; se erigió en destacada defensora de las mujeres y las niñas en Estados Unidos y en el resto del mundo, introdujo cambios drásticos encaminados a promover una vida saludable y activa en las familias, y acompañó a su esposo cuando el país atravesaba algunos de los momentos más desgarradores de su historia. Por el camino nos enseñó pasos de baile, causó furor en Carpool Karaoke y consiguió criar a dos hijas con los pies en la tierra bajo el implacable escrutinio de los medios de comunicación. En sus memorias, profundamente reflexivas y cautivadoras, Michelle Obama invita al lector a entrar en su mundo relatando las experiencias que han forjado su carácter, desde su infancia en la zona sur de Chicago, hasta los años que vivió en la residencia más famosa del mundo, pasando por su etapa como alta directiva, durante la que tuvo que compaginar la maternidad con la vida profesional. Haciendo gala de una honestidad a toda prueba y de un ingenio vivaz, describe sus logros y decepciones tanto en la esfera pública como en la privada, y narra sin ambages la historia de su vida, con sus propias palabras y en sus propios términos. Cálido, lúcido y revelador, Mi historia es un relato excepcionalmente íntimo de una mujer de gran moralidad y valía, que una vez y otra ha superado todas las expectativas y cuya historia nos inspira a seguir su ejemplo.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.