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Depuis le 7 octobre, je ne dors plus vraiment. Je ferme les yeux, mais la nuit ne me repose pas. Elle me replonge dedans. Le tunnel. Les explosions. Les cris qui déchirent l'air. Je me réveille en sursaut, le cœur affolé, avec une question qui cogne plus fort que tout : comment continuer ? Même la nuit ne veut pas de moi est le récit d'un homme qui a vacillé dans une époque qui tremble, mais qui a découvert une vérité essentielle : on ne tient pas seul.

A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime. This program is read by the author with Daoud Heidami. “Are you Mahmoud Khalil?” The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that took the Palestinian graduate...

La lauréate du Prix Nobel de la Paix et défenseuse des droits humains, Narges Mohammadi, se livre pour la première fois. Narges Mohammadi est ce que nous appelons une femme libre. Depuis sa jeunesse, elle a décidé de renoncer à une vie conventionnelle pour s'engager dans la lutte pour l'égalité et les droits des femmes, mais également de tout un peuple. Dans Une Femme ne renonce jamais, elle revient sur son parcours hors normes, celui d'une infatigable militante qui, malgré les emprisonnements et la torture, refuse de se taire.

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist California Book Award Winner "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez is a biography for readers who find real human beings more compelling than icons." --Los Angeles Times Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He...

Gloria Steinem offers an inspiring and candid memoir of her early life and the journey that made her one of the world’s most influential activists and storytellers. “In revisiting the equal-rights movements Steinem helped build, she offers wisdom to new generations about what the next...

FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, AND RECIPIENT OF FRANCE'S LEGION OF HONOUR, NADIA MURAD RECLAIMS THE STORY OF HER LIFE IN THIS PROFOUNDLY MOVING MEMOIR INTRODUCED BY GLORIA STEINEM 'Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire...

“Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations.” —Amal Clooney In a lyrical and profoundly moving memoir, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girl and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad...

If you're looking for a way to make a positive impact on the world, Matthew S. Friedman's inspiring book is the perfect guide. Through his incredible experiences and tireless activism over 35 years, he shows us that one person truly can create a ripple effect that leads to global change. As you...

A Best Book to Read this Fall According to The Boston Globe For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s...

"I am a mum of two beautiful daughters, Larose and Lorena." "My eldest, Larose, is the light of my life. She is so like I was as a child and with her big brown eyes, the double of her father too. And she loves to be the centre of attention... just like me." "But my youngest, Lorena, is harder to...

A gripping, deeply moving memoir of survival, education, and resistance by a student protestor–turned–political prisoner in post-revolution Egypt. “I will never be the same after reading Huna.”—Javier Zamora “A beautifully written portrait of a radical political awakening.”—Hanif...

As rare as 1 in 50,000—Michaela Mulroe defied the odds: the odds of systemic expectations designed by those who never had to live by them. Born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a cranio-facial disorder that affected her hearing, speech, and appearance, doctors predicted Michaela would live for only eight days as she struggled to breathe on her own. But she persisted, navigating the early reliance on a feeding tube and a trach alongside her younger brother, who was also born with Treacher Collins Syndrome.

Um belo e comovente retrato de uma das ativistas mais brilhantes do século XX, que inspirou gerações de mulheres negras a trilhar o caminho da liberdade e da militância. Inclui uma carta inédita de Lélia Gonzalez escrita aos 18 anos e um epílogo sobre a atualidade de seu pensamento. Cada...

Before she broke through ceilings . . . she had to survive. Sherneatha Youngblood's strategic journey did not begin in boardrooms or executive offices; it began with trauma and the need to survive. From dumpster diving for food as a child in East St. Louis, Illinois, to navigating foster care, grief, and abuse, Sherneatha learned early that survival requires more than strength: it demands awareness, resilience, and the ability to find value where the world sees none.

'Indian democracy is in deep trouble at this time, but its flame has been kept alive by a multitude of vibrant collectives working on the ground. Aruna Roy and her colleagues in the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan have played a leading role in this effort to defend and expand democratic space.'...

A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America. From The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin...

Niall Harbison sempre esbanjou talento. Desde muito cedo, seu olhar inovador lhe permitiu alçar grandes voos profissionais. Porém, traumas do passado sempre o acompanhavam. Em meio à ansiedade, depressão e vício em álcool, drogas e apostas, Niall passou a enfrentar grandes dificuldades que o levaram a falir.

Con solo diecinueve años, David R. Carrillo se enfrentaba a una condena de cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad condicional. Encarcelado en algunas de las prisiones más violentas de Colorado, sobrevivió a las políticas de las pandillas, al aislamiento y al peso aplastante de una sentencia que prometía que moriría entre rejas. Pero en los lugares más oscuros, descubrió un camino inesperado: la educación, la responsabilidad y la transformación.

'A memoir that doubles as a warning. Zahra Joya writes for the women the world abandoned to the Taliban's brutal gender apartheid - and refuses to let us forget them... [she] is one of the bravest journalists of our time' Malala Yousafzai 'Beautifully written and powerfully told. Joya's story...

Hvad sker der i en sekt? Hvad sker der i hovedet på dets ledere og medlemmer? Sekter lukrerer på vores ønske om at høre til og finde en dybere mening med livet. Hvordan kommer det dertil? I Faderhuset - sekten der ikke vil dø stiller journalist Anne Lea Landsted i samarbejde med tidligere medlem Camilla Johnson skarpt på Faderhusets historie: hvordan blev kirken til en sekt, og hvordan er det lykkedes den at gemme sig for myndighederne og fortsætte med at rekruttere medlemmer, heriblandt børn helt ned til ni år?