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'El libro mantiene el foco en su heroína, y reconoce que la historia de Victoria es también amena y que ella tenía un instinto natural para el espectáculo', New York Times. 'La fascinante biografía de Victoria Woodhull documenta las extaordinadas medidas que esta feminista radical tomó...

Christopher Morris believes Lucy Letby has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice, and that her guilty verdict is not beyond reasonable doubt. He is not the only one. Ever since the nurse was condemned to fifteen life sentences, highly-regarded professionals in their fields have gone on record to raise concerns about the evidence used to convict her. The science behind how her victims died, the reliance on circumstantial evidence, and the interpretation of the statistics used against Lucy Letby are all being questioned.

Este riguroso análisis desmantela los engranajes de impunidad en el México contemporáneo, cuando el crimen de Estado transmuta en un negocio atrozmente lucrativo, para rescatar la memoria de los desaparecidos y evitar que el olvido institucional legalice la barbarie. La desaparición forzada...

You were promised freedom. You were taught to be grateful for it. You were told that the system you live in exists to protect it. But what if the word freedom is the most effective tool of control ever invented? The Selective Freedom Paradox strips the word down to its raw truth. Freedom in its purest form is unlivable. Independence, the thing people actually want, is made impossible by design. Every law, every tax, every document, every regulation you interact with daily exists to maintain one thing: your dependency on a system you never agreed to join.

"Athletes first" is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as preeminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world’s attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling: athletes are increasingly voicing concerns over physical, mental and sexual abuse, and they are collectively expressing grievances around equity and human rights.

A powerful exploration of self-resilience, family, and community from activist and prison abolitionist Keeonna Harris. Keeonna and Jason met as young teens. Only fourteen, Keeonna had never had a boyfriend before, dreamed of attending Spelman to become an obstetrician, and thought she was...

Livet begynder i den. Den er på størrelse med en knyttet hånd og har en kraft, der langt overgår dens størrelse. Alle mennesker kommer fra den, men hvad ved vi egentlig om livmoderen, om UTERUS? Er den forbundet med hjernen? Kan livmoderhalsens hulrum gemme på sædceller? Påvirker...

In today’s nonstop political noise, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Arguments dominate social media, misinformation spreads faster than facts, and many people feel like ordinary citizens no longer have real influence. A Reminder of What Democracy Is cuts through the chaos with a clear, practical guide to understanding democracy and reclaiming your voice in everyday life. This is not a dense textbook or a political lecture. It’s a short, clear field manual for people who want to understand what’s happening around them—and learn how to respond with confidence instead of confusion.

Every civilization reaches a point where its own efficiency becomes its worst enemy. Food is manufactured to be discarded. Energy is extracted from the earth only to be wasted heating empty buildings. Entire professions exist for no purpose other than to justify the professions that supervise them. The modern economy does not malfunction — it functions exactly as designed, and that is the problem. Previous thinkers proposed revolution, reform, disruption. Every attempt to rebuild the system from within produced the same result: catastrophe. The French Revolution devoured its children.

«Los cuerpos desnudos no le temen al agua es una mirada fascinante y desgarradora al mundo oculto de los refugiados que desafió todo cuanto pensaba que sabía sobre las consecuencias de la guerra y la globalización. Es el trabajo más importante que se ha realizado hasta la fecha sobre la...

Bringing together the latest research with practical insights from the authors' professional experience, this important book provides a context for the conversations that are needed within organizations and offers practical guidance towards action that can be taken to improve the working life of...

In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former CIA employee, leaked thousands of top-secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents to journalist Glen Greenwald. Branded as a whistleblower, Snowden reignited a debate about private citizens who reveal government secrets that should be exposed but may endanger the lives of others.

La segunda oración de la Declaración de Independencia de Estados Unidos, escrita por Thomas Jefferson y revisada por Benjamin Franklin y John Adams, se convirtió en un credo que unió a peregrinos e inmigrantes en una sola nación. Para personas de tan diferentes orígenes y creencias, la frase resultó la definición última del bien común y del Sueño Americano.

From an award-winning journalist that Bob Woodward calls "one of the truly great reporters working today" comes the searing inside account of a legal team’s effort to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, the nineteen-year-old mass murderer. On Valentine’s Day 2018, Nikolas Cruz opened fire on his...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Introduction to Political Science audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner. Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Introduction to Political Science provides a strong foundation...

If you're not writing the truth about crimes against humanity, you're culpable in them. Human rights activist and Middle East scholar Assal Rad is known online as the 'headline fixer' - with a special focus on exposing double standards in Western media, especially about Palestine. Israelis are...

From award-winning, starred-review author Heather B. Moore comes a powerful portrait of eight American women whose courage and conviction smashed stereotypes and built a nation. Her America recognizes eight remarkable women who refused to wait for permission to prove a woman’s worth in society...

One of the most powerful defenses of conscience, courage, and moral conviction ever written. In A Plea for Captain John Brown, Henry David Thoreau delivers a passionate and uncompromising response to one of the most controversial events in American history. Written after John Brown's raid on...

A powerful chronicle of the last year of Malcolm X’s life, and what we can learn today from the legendary activist as he envisioned and built a world-changing coalition in his final days—from the award-winning author of Freedom Season and The Sword and the Shield The last year of Malcolm X's...

The inspiring true story of the generation of Black officials who took their activism into the halls of power, working in historic leadership roles within the White House, forever reshaping civil rights, presidential politics, and the nation. The history of the 1960s is often told through the...