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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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xv, 554 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A sweeping yet personal overview of the latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population,...
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What if I say YES? when I'm asked if all people around the world with different races were originally BLACK. I am black myself, but that doesn't make me say yes because that seems a lot like defending my ethnicity. Historians would never convince me to say yes too because historians need much more help from scientists to defend themselves, I always believed that unproven historical theories are just fiction tales. I somewhat believe in science but...
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Français
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Ce un livre vise à aider les lecteurs à surmonter la solitude en leur offrant des conseils pratiques pour une vie plus épanouissante. Le livre commence par expliquer pourquoi la solitude n'est pas nécessairement une mauvaise chose et les différents types de solitude et leurs effets sur notre santé mentale. Il offre ensuite des moyens pratiques pour aider les lecteurs à établir des relations saines, à cultiver des amitiés solides, à trouver...
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II"--
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English
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"An intimate account--the first from a trail veterinarian--of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod. Few events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds, hundreds of dogs and mushers journey to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in "The Last Great Race on Earth," a grueling, thousand-mile race across the Alaskan wilderness....
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English
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Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society?
This is not an accident, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the Bottom traces our current crisis back decades, to the fragmentation of Britain's Black Power movements...
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A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform in law enforcement
When 16-year-old Keith Merith finds himself pulled over, berated, and degraded by a white police officer, he's outraged. He's done nothing wrong. But the officer has the power, and he doesn't. From that day on, he vows to join a police service and effect change from within.
Twelve...
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