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On the surface, Arce's story sounds like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret.

On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, Fang Fang’s nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of millions of her fellow citizens, reflecting on the psychological impact of forced isolation, the role of the internet as both community lifeline and source of misinformation, and most tragically, the lives of neighbors and friends taken by the deadly virus.

Richard Wright's powerful and eloquent memoir of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. At once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, Black Boy is a poignant record of struggle and endurance - a seminal literary work that illuminates our own time. The once controversial, now classic American autobiography measures the brutality and rawness of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a Black boy. Seventy-five years later, his words continue to reverberate.

Designer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is legendary for her decades of scholarship and advocacy, and as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. In HERE: Where the Black Designers Are, Holmes-Miller documents the history of—and answers to—the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” Holmes-Miller explores this essential question through the lens of her own development as a designer and leader, beginning with her own family and its rich multiethnic history.

『그렇게 몽땅 떠났습니다』는 오랜 시간 투병하던 저자의 어머니가 세상을 떠나자 저자와 그의 아버지, 또 저자의 여섯 살 아들까지 함께 떠난 미국 서부 여행기를 담은 책이다. 언뜻 그저 평범해 보이는 이 '삼대'는 우연인 듯 필연처럼 훌쩍 떠나며 여행사의 도움 없이 오롯이 가족을 위한 일정을 구상했다. 그토록 뜨거운 미국 서부 사막보다 더욱 뜨거운 시간을 함께 보낸 뒤 다시 현실로 돌아온 그들만의 이야기는 그러나 전혀 범상치 않다. 한 번 더 경험할 수 있을까 싶은, 그 마법 같은 시간에 대한 기록. 가장 소중한 사람을 잘 잊기 위하여, 그리고 남은 가족들이 보다 잘 살아내기 위하여 떠난 여행. 그 여행에서 얻고 또 잃게 된 것들에 대한 이야기가 미소를 짓게 될 만큼 유쾌하다. 또한 그 이야기는 바로 우리가 경험하게 될 또 다른 여행에 대한 질문이기도 하다.

In Exit Wounds, Peter Godwin considers the life of migrants, exiles and refugees, and grieves the many losses that make life both magnificent and unbearable. With generations of history behind him, he brings us into the spaces which make us question, suffer and celebrate the lives we have among family and friends, and the healing of our own scars.

Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson, like tens of thousands of young boys, took flight from the massacres of Sudan's civil war. They became known as the Lost Boys. With little more than the clothes on their backs, sometimes not even that, they streamed out over Sudan in search of refuge. Their journey led them first to Ethiopia and then, driven back into Sudan, toward Kenya. They walked nearly one thousand miles, sustained only by the sheer will to live.

When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the writer Jana Bakunina, who has lived in the UK for 20 years, felt furious, ashamed, but most of all helpless. A year later she travelled to her home city of Yekaterinburg to see how ordinary Russians viewed the conflict—and whether the soul of her nation had truly been crushed.

An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd" It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for families of the former to become entrenched in the latter.

या पुस्तकात तामिळनाडू प्रांतात निष्ठेने सेवा कार्य करणार्‍या अपरिचित व्यक्तींच्या 30 गोष्टी सांगितल्या आहेत. समाज आणि पर्यावरणाची काळजी निस्वार्थ वृत्तीने घेणार्‍या व्यक्तींच्या कथा आणि त्या सोबत मांडलेले विचार निश्‍चितच प्रेरणादायी आहेत. 'सेवा धर्म महान' ही उक्ती सार्थ करणार्‍या कथा आपल्याला सेवा करण्यास प्रवृत्त करतात.

तालुका प्रचारक ते अखिल भारतीय धर्मजागरण प्रमुख अशी वाटचाल करणारे, आपल्या प्रांताचे, मुंबई महानगराचे प्रचारक, क्षेत्राचे प्रचारक अशा अनेक स्तरीय जबाबदार्‍या समर्थपणे पार पाडणार्‍या व्यक्तिमत्वाचे चरित्र या पुस्तकात लिहिले गेले आहे. संघशाखा, कार्यकर्त्यांची/स्वयंसेवकांची/जडणघडण, समरसता मंच, भटके विमुक्त विकास परिषद, यमगरवाडी प्रकल्प पूर्वांचल विकास आणि धर्मजागरण या कामांमध्ये त्यांनी जातीने लक्ष घातले. त्यांचे चरित्र सर्वांना मार्गदर्शक ठरेल.

“Perched On The Rooftop” is a compelling true story about a family’s resilience in the face of overwhelming challenges. The journey begins with a harrowing storm that compels the family to find strength in each other. In the heart of the 1970s somewhere in Honduras, Minda, a spirited young woman, falls victim to a debilitating illness shrouded in mystery. What begins as innocuous headaches and fevers soon spiral into a sinister affliction, defying the arsenal of home remedies wielded by her determined mother, Mita.

Morar em um novo país, aprender uma nova língua, fazer novos amigos... Foram esses os desafios enfrentados por Sebastien, que veio do Haiti, por Rimas, nascida na Líbia, e pelas outras dez crianças que você irá conhecer neste livro. Todas elas precisaram deixar a sua terra natal por diferentes motivos, como guerra civil, conflitos políticos, desastre natural ou crise econômica. Seja como refugiadas ou imigrantes, essas crianças estão aqui, reconstruindo uma nova vida no Brasil.

When his mother passed away at the age of 78, Sherman Alexie responded the only way he knew how: He wrote. The result is this stunning memoir. Featuring 78 poems and 78 essays, Alexie shares raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine - growing up dirt poor on an Indian reservation, one of four children raised by alcoholic parents. Throughout, a portrait emerges of his mother as a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated woman.

The Temptations' heritage, influence, and contributions to American culture and the global music landscape is undeniable. The group produced some of the greatest music of our era and it transcends generations. Through the years, the group's trademark razor-sharp choreography, finely tuned harmonies, and compelling vocals made them the exemplars of the Motown sound. Their story is one of courage, struggle, triumphs, setbacks, and ultimately, international superstardom.

Doaa Al Zamel was once an average Syrian girl growing up in a crowded house in a bustling city near the Jordanian border. But in 2011 her life was upended. Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring, Syrians began to stand up against their own oppressive regime. When the army was sent to take control of Doaa's hometown, strict curfews, power outages, water shortages, air raids, and violence disrupted everyday life.

In the neighborhoods of South Central LA, LaShawn Wiley grew up learning how to navigate life without a father. Surrounded by noise, pressure, and expectation, he searched for stability in a world that offered very little. Through moments of quiet reflection, painful lessons, and unexpected guidance, his journey from a confused boy to a purposeful man began to take shape.

मावळा बोर्ड-गेममधील 'स्वराज्याच्या पाऊलखुणा' या माहितीपुस्तकेमधील 'राज्याभिषेकाच्या तयारीला रायगडावर सुरुवात' या विषयावरील ऐतिहासिक माहिती देणारा लेख. हा लेख ऐकता ऐकता तुम्ही मावळा गेम खेळू शकता.

Diane Vanette’s Cherry Sisters Music City tells of the three women who became this famous team and have remained lifelong friends. These are the behind the scenes stories of Nashville’s recording studios, the owners, producers, technicians and the development of the Unions that would assure benefits to these independent contractors who made the world’s music. And it shares the near launch of The Cherry Sisters as a front of the stage starring band.

Move over Hemingway - there is a new bad boy in town and man does he have a story. It is about an intellectual rosier from the hood who refuses to crow and all the shenanigans that come whit that. Enjoy!