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America Made Me a Black Man
A searing memoir of American racism from a Somali-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Black people in his adopted land, the United States. “No one told me about America.” Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah Farah grew up with a code of male bravado that helped him survive deprivation, disease, and civil war. Arriving in America, he believed that the code that had saved him would help him succeed in this new country. But instead of safety and freedom, Boyah found systemic racism, police brutality, and intense prejudice in all areas of life, including the workplace. He learned firsthand not only what...
The Greatest Evil is War
An unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondents. Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer-prize-winner Chris Hedges, this book looks at the hidden costs of war, what it does to individuals, families, communities and nations. In fifteen short chapters, Chris Hedges astonishes us with his clear and cogent argument against war, not on philosophical grounds or through moral arguments, but in an irrefutable stream of personal encounters with the victims of war, from veterans and parents to gravely wounded American serviceman who served in the Iraq War, to survivors of the Holocaust, to soldiers in the Falklands War, among others. Hedges...
Kaanavendiya Canada
கனடாவில் வீட்டிற்கு வெளியே தமிழ் பேசிட இயலாமல் கண்டு பரவசப்பட்ட அறிவியல் வளர்ச்சி பொது இடங்களில் கண்ணியமாக உதவும் பண்புடன் வாழும் பன்மொழிகள் பல கலாச்சார மக்கள் கனடா குடிமக்கள் என மனிதநேயத்துடன் வாழ்பவர்கள் எனக் கண்ட இடங்கள் சந்தித்த மனிதர்கள் இரண்டு பல்கலைக் கழகங்கள் சில நூலகங்களில் சில நாட்கள் என சாதாரண மனிதனின் பயண அனுபவங்கள்
Spring of Entertainments
SPRING OF ENTERTAINMENTS: This is a collection of three major plays. For example, THE BEAUTIFUL BLACKS is the African socio-political satire. In there the rich ones get richer while the frustrated youths get violently angry. MY LOVE IN LEXUS is the story of a young man in an ivy league university. He fell in love with a mermaid that faked herself as a Texan, a cow-girl and a Harvard MBA student. The third play has the title: THE PARKING GARAGE. Here we have the perfect microcosm of the real American characters in a very unique business setting.
Call Me American
Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. Eventually, though, Abdi was forced to flee to Kenya. In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America did not come easily. Parts of his story were first heard on the BBC World Service and This American Life. Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life.
American Made
What happens when Americans lose their jobs? In American Made, an illuminating story of ruin and reinvention, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman gives an up-close look at the profound role work plays in our sense of identity and belonging, as she follows three workers whose lives unravel when the factory they have dedicated so much to closes down. “With humor, breathtaking honesty, and a historian’s satellite view, American Made illuminates the fault lines ripping America apart.”—Beth Macy, author of Factory Man and Dopesick Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the dangerous ...
戰爭是最大的惡：普立茲新聞獎戰地記者的血淚紀實
普立茲新聞獎戰地記者，報導足跡超過50個國家， 深入戰爭第一現場，寫下對戰爭之惡的反思。 赫吉斯是美國新聞記者、長老會牧師、作家和評論家。在他的早期職業生涯中，赫吉斯在中美洲擔任《基督教科學箴言報》、NPR和《達拉斯晨報》的自由戰地記者。 曾在超過五十個國家報導戰爭消息的著名戰地記者與普立茲新聞報導獎得主赫吉斯，因公開抨擊美國侵略伊拉克，而遭到所任職的紐約時報譴責，他秉持道出真相是記者的天職，選擇離開紐時。他一向以深思熟慮又挑釁的刀筆針砭社會不公與戰爭暴行，因此贏得卓越記...
My Eight Dads
One dad was a college kid. One was a cancerous pedophile. One was a blundering dreamer. One was appropriately named, Dick. One was an elder statesman, who died, as elder statesman tend to do. One carried a bible in one hand and a puppet in the other. One was a sociopathic conman. One was just happy to be husband #8. All were deformed father figures married to his mother. None escape the candid retelling of absurdity, abuse, negligence and narcissism in Mark Kirby's memoir. --- In this gripping and engaging memoir, Mark Kirby details an abusive youth in the Pacific Northwest, this intermingled with an absurd flurry of doctor's visits and tests due to his recent cancer diagnosis. Mark jokes, trudges, and flies with us through his experiences with the eight "dads" he watched his mom pass through - for better or for worse: "She marries 'em, and I bury 'em," he quips. But in this memoir, he is careful not to bury his tale of child abuse without conversation, all of this influenced by his recent diagnosis.
Black Gold
"Obuobi pens an origin story that’s at once earthly and impressively cosmic, an ethereal children’s debut that centers a Black child’s beginnings." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Lyrical, empowering, and inspiring. An affirmation of the miracle each individual is.” —Yamile Saied Méndez, author of Where Are You From? and What Will You Be? This lyrical picture book is a joyous, poetic, celebration of Black children and a reminder of the Universe’s unconditional love in stunning verse and captivating collage. Perfect for fans of Sulwe! When the Universe decides to create a child, she draws from the earth—rich, dark, and full of everything that gives life, including eyes l...
The Movement Made Us
A STEPHEN CURRY'S BOOK CLUB PICK SOUTHERN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS ALLIANCE BESTSELLER "A story of triumph and resilience centered around those who dedicated their lives to the Civil Rights movement. It reminds us that, in order to truly appreciate how far we've come--and how far we still have to go--we must acknowledge the past and pay homage to those who laid the foundation. It reminds us that everyday people can be heroes if they stand up for what's right. It reminds us that we're not alone in our experiences, and that if we work together, we can make impactful change."--Stephen Curry "The Movement Made Us takes literature to a momentous Southern Black space to which I honestly never thoug...
