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On a September day in 1920, an angry Italian anarchist named Mario Buda exploded a horse-drawn wagon filled with dynamite and iron scrap near New York's Wall Street, killing forty people. Since Buda's prototype the car bomb has evolved into a "poor man's air force," a generic weapon of mass destruction that now craters cities from Bombay to Oklahoma City.

The words “Black Hebrew Israelites” have become synonymous with hate, antisemitism, and violence, but how much of it is true, and how much of it is propaganda?

In 1949, George Orwell painted a chilling portrait of a totalitarian future where Big Brother watched every move, the Ministry of Truth rewrote history, and thoughtcrime was punishable by death. Seventy-five years later, his dystopian nightmare has become our digital reality—and we handed over the keys willingly.

La educación que conocemos ya no responde a los desafíos del presente ni prepara para el futuro. En este libro, Sonia Díez ofrece un análisis lúcido y accesible sobre por qué no podemos esperar más y cómo afrontar de inmediato la reconversión educativa. Su propuesta no se basa en ideologías ni partidismos, sino en evidencias científicas, experiencias reales y una visión estratégica de país.

GLOBAL IN SCOPE, FEARLESS IN TONE AND DARING ABOUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NEXT Across the world, women are facing backlash. Authoritarian states, online misogyny and climate breakdown are creating growing dangers for women, as their safety is being threatened and their freedoms are under attack...

What does it take to escape poverty—and not just survive, but thrive? Escaping Poverty: The Journey from Survival to Success is a raw memoir that reveals the hidden struggles of growing up in underinvested neighborhoods and the relentless fight to build a better future. It is the story of a boy born into hardship in Jamaica, burdened by instability, shame, and fear—yet unwilling to let those circumstances define his destiny.

Cities all over the world experience large humanitarian influxes, and refugees and citizens alike must navigate the related risks and opportunities. Over the past 25 years, Karen Jacobsen has studied the interaction of refugees and cities and has trained scores of graduate students, many of whom now work with United Nations agencies or humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. Her research team at Tufts and this global network of aid workers give her firsthand knowledge of the impact of forced migration on cities and the lives of refugees living there.

When most people hear the word "witch," they immediately think of crones conspiring over a cauldron, a force of dark and vindictive power. But to hundreds of thousands across the world, being a witch is a living, everyday reality, much more varied than the fairytale image. Witch Power follows Emma Quilty—herself a witch and an anthropologist—on an immersive journey into contemporary witchcraft, from Witchcamp retreats to "red tent" menstrual events, Voodoo priestesses running ghost tours from their vans to TikTokers casting hexes on a viral scale.

The global contract security market now totals over $200 billion, with the number of private security officers exceeding that of public law enforcement officers. But this wasn't always the case. Legends of the Security Services Industry: Profiles in Leadership presents the unique stories of fifteen industry legends, who transformed the industry from early private detective and small night watch companies into large-scale contract security companies.

Power and Impunity: The Jeffrey Epstein Story and the Global Network That Enabled Him is a clear and uncompromising investigation into one of the most disturbing criminal networks of the modern era. It traces the rise of Jeffrey Epstein from his early years in New York to the height of his wealth and influence, then follows the long trail of victims, court filings, sealed agreements, and institutional failures that allowed him to operate for decades.

An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe turns American Girl dolls―and the ever-growing ecosystem surrounding them―inside out. Editors Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith, along with an expansive list of contributors, explore Pleasant Company (American Girl's parent corporation) and the social and cultural impact the dolls and broader American Girl universe continue to have for generations of American consumers through thoughtful and fun essays.

From Reconstruction to redemption, civil rights to the Southern strategy, the multiracial protests of 2020 for social justice to the swift elimination of policies etching out a more inclusive, equitable society, Americans regularly experience periods of racial reckoning followed by walloping retrenchment. This pattern is a result of an American pastime: creating and implementing tactics to deny Black truth.

When things feel secure, standards soften. You stop doing the things that made you attractive in the first place. You become predictable. Routine creeps in. There is no big fight, just a slow fade in desire that is easy to miss until it is already there. She still cares. She still says she loves you. But you can feel the difference in how she looks at you and how often she reaches for you. Underneath it all is a quiet fear you never want to end up in that desperate place again, trying to fix something that used not to be a problem.

Commencer une nouvelle vie au Canada est une aventure passionnante — mais elle s’accompagne aussi de nombreux défis. Que vous envisagiez d’immigrer ou que vous veniez d’arriver au pays, s’adapter à un nouveau pays peut être stressant. Ce livre est votre compagnon indispensable pour aider à bâtir une vie épanouissante au Canada. Il regorge de conseils pratiques, de réflexions utiles et d’exemples concrets pour vous aider à vous intégrer en toute confiance.

As bombs rained down on Gaza in October 2023, images of mass death and destruction gripped the world, and openly genocidal statements from Israeli leaders foretold the magnitude of horrors to come. But the United States media was quick to downplay, obscure, and repackage an emerging campaign of extermination into a slick "war on terror" framework.

In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking book I Had a Miscarriage, Jessica Zucker boldly exposed the silence, stigma, and shame that surround pregnancy loss and demonstrated the need to normalize conversations around painful reproductive events that too often go unspoken. In Normalize It, Zucker expands her lens to address a multitude of challenges women face that so often incite shame and overwhelming cultural pressure to stay silent.

Professional wrestling is both a cultural phenomenon and a multibillion-dollar industry that has launched some of the biggest names in entertainment. But what does it take for a wrestler to break through? In Rough House, journalist Alison Lyn Miller introduces Hunter James, an aspiring star born into a family of wrestlers in Georgia. Hunter lifts, runs, and pounds protein, sculpting himself into a human action figure with the goal of being signed by a major promotion and finishing what his father started.

While doing research for his ninth-grade civics class in 1976, Mike Marshall found an article in Time magazine about William Moore, a thirty-five-year-old postman from Binghamton, New York. In 1963, Moore arrived at the Chattanooga bus station from Washington, DC, where he strapped on his protest signs. He planned to walk to the governor's mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, and hand-deliver a letter to Governor Ross Barnett. On the third day of his walk as he pushed his cart through Keener, Alabama, he saw a car parked under a walnut tree, its headlights and motor off.

This is a documentary of an open letter to a Black Son from the pain and frustration of being a single black mother. The author is a born witness to their tears of joy and pain, their cries of frustration and discovery, and the difficulties that they have encountered growing up black and male. This is her love for them poured out onto the pages, a document that traces her unspoken words on the journey to try and raise happy and healthy black son in America.

Starting a new life in Canada is an exciting adventure — but it also comes with many challenges. Whether you’re planning to immigrate or have just arrived, adjusting to a new country can feel overwhelming. This book is your essential companion to help you build a fulfilling life in Canada. It is filled with practical tips, useful insights, and real examples to help you integrate with confidence. Written with passion and authenticity, this guide draws on rich personal experience and more than a decade of professional expertise supporting newcomers.