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From the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower and author of The Doomsday Machine—a posthumous collection of Daniel Ellsberg's courageous writings that paint a portrait of his life, work, and most deeply held beliefs, edited by his son Michael Ellsberg. When Daniel Ellsberg passed away last year at the age of 92, his lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament and truth-telling at the highest levels of government enshrined him as one of the most courageous patriots America has ever seen.

Inside, you’ll discover: The Secret Game Plan: How Elon Musk’s mind works, from his early days in South Africa to his Mars-or-bust ambitions. First Principles Thinking: The blueprint Musk uses to solve world-scale problems—and how you can apply it to your life and career. The DOGE Protocol: Memes as a revolutionary currency, how Dogecoin became a cultural phenomenon, and what Musk’s memetic power means for the future of digital money. The Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.

Through thousands of training sessions, she’s seen firsthand the strength we carry in our bodies, no matter our background or circumstance. Her revolutionary framework for finding that strength starts with emotional healing, then teaches physical self-defense and economic safety, and finally equips readers with organizing strategies to fight the systems that enable violence in the first place. A rallying cry and a practical guide, Get Home Safe will leave listeners, regardless of strength, identity, or income, knowing they can fight back and reclaim power.

Khalida Popal var med til at grundlægge det afghanske kvindefodboldlandshold og var holdets første anfører. Som barn flygtede hun sammen med sin familie fra Taliban og voksede op i en flygtningelejr i Pakistan. Da hun senere vendte hjem til Afghanistan, gav fodbolden hende og hendes holdkammerater styrke, kammeratskab og frihed. Men fordi hun kæmpede for kvinders rettigheder inden for sport, bragte hun sit liv i fare og måtte flygte påny, denne gang alene.

In 1968, Dr King was in Memphis to support a strike by the local sanitation workers. For the first time those workers and their families tell their own stories, laying bare in often shocking detail the realities of the Civil Rights struggle in the Southern states of the US. In this documentary series we hear first hand of the daily humiliations of the Jim Crow South, of the hope that Dr King brought and of the fallout from his death, the mistakes, the triumphs and what that era means for Memphis today.

Brought up by a white family in leafy Kent, Gamal was known as Vick until he was taken away from his Mum and Dad at eight-years-old by a large Nigerian man who told him he was his father. Transported into a house of confusing customs, traditions and duties, Gamal was never good enough and he experienced abuse and neglect at the hands of his biological parents. After some time in care, Gamal returned to his biological family, only to be taken away again at sixteen. This time to the entirely unknown landscape of Lagos, Nigeria.

Quarante ans après la fin du régime de Pol Pot, qui fit 1,7 million de morts, l'enfant est devenu cinéaste. Il décide de questionner un des grands responsables de ce génocide : Duch, qui n'est ni un homme banal ni un démon, mais un organisateur éduqué, un bourreau qui parle, oublie, ment, explique, travaille sa légende. L'Élimination est le récit de cette confrontation hors du commun et une méditation sur l'idéologie, le langage et l'enfance.

Un saggio preciso, avvincente, che restituisce l'entusiasmo di una stagione del Novecento ormai entrata nel mito. Episodi della lotta per i diritti civili degli afroamericani si alternano al racconto delle vite di pensatori, di attivisti fin qui noti solo agli esperti, che hanno preceduto Malcom X e Martin Luther King, consentendo loro di diventare ciò che sono stati. L'avventura umana di questi due giganti - spesso diversi, talvolta affini - che hanno dato la vita per cambiare il mondo permette cosí di gettare una luce su un pezzo della storia recente.

Una historia mundial de la costura, el bordado y las personas que han utilizado aguja e hilo para hacer oír su voz. En la Argentina de los años 1970, las madres marchaban con pañuelos en la cabeza bordados con los nombres de sus hijos "desaparecidos".

The gripping firsthand account of the courage it takes to change a nation, from the Rev. James Lawson Jr—peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and lifelong proponent of nonviolence as a powerful system for social transformation.

In February 1946, when twenty-year-old Malcolm Little was sentenced to eight to ten years in a maximum-security prison, he was a petty criminal and street hustler in Boston. By the time he was paroled in August 1952, he had transformed into a voracious reader, joined the Black Muslims, and was poised to become Malcolm X, one of the most prominent and important intellectuals of the civil rights era. While scholars and commentators have exhaustively detailed, analyzed, and debated Malcolm X's post-prison life, they have not explored these six and a half transformative years in any depth.

സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തിനു വേണ്ടിയുള്ള ചെറുത്തുനില്‍പുകളില്‍ ഏറ്റവും പഴക്കമവകാശപ്പെടാവുന്ന കേരളം ദേശീയ നേതാക്കന്മാരുടെ കീഴില്‍ ദേശീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളോട് അണിചേര്‍ന്നു പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചതിന്റെ കഥ. ആദ്യകാല ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ആധിപത്യം മുതല്‍ വൈക്കം സത്യാഗ്രഹം, കേരളത്തിലെ ഉപ്പുസത്യാഗ്രഹം, നിസ്സഹകരണപ്രസ്ഥാനം എന്നിങ്ങനെ കേരളസംസ്ഥാനം രൂപംകൊള്ളുന്നതുവരെയുള്ള രാഷ്ട്രീയ വിമോചനചരിത്രം.

Parceria inédita entre Bookwire, Supersônica Livros e Editora Ubu prepara edição comemorativa ao centenário de Malcolm X em audiolivro. Na voz de Roberta Estrela D'Alva, com direção de Daniela Thomas, o audiolivro " Malcolm X – "A revolução negra" e outros textos " – reúne discursos importantes de Malcolm, além de cartas escritas durante sua viagem à Arábia Saudita e alguns países africanos.

2010 ist es 65 Jahre her, dass der Pfarrer und Widerstandskämpfer Dietrich Bonhoeffer von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet wurde. Nur wenige Tage vor Ende des Krieges. Dieses Hörspiel zeichnet das Leben Bonhoeffers nach und zeigt, wie aus dem gutbürgerlichen Theologen der engagierte Kämpfer gegen die Nazibarbarei wurde. Bonhoeffers Geschichte ist ein Aufruf an alle Christen, dass es Zeiten gibt, in denen wir, neben dem Beten, handeln müssen, um uns nicht mitschuldig zu machen.

Januar 1933: Adolf Hitler wird deutscher Reichskanzler. Noch ahnt niemand, dass sein Regime Deutschland zerstören wird. Doch schon zwei Tage später warnt der junge Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer im Rundfunk vor dem "Ver-Führer". Nach langem inneren Ringen entscheidet er sich schließlich, als Doppelagent gegen Hitler zu arbeiten. Das kostet ihn 1945 im KZ Flossenbürg das Leben. Metaxas erzählt Bonhoeffers Geschichte und lässt ihn in zum Teil wenig bekannten Briefen zu Wort kommen

The keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC and the former San Antonio mayor and secretary of housing and urban development, Julian Castro, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story.

આ મનીષ મેહતા ના અવાજ માં મહાત્મા ગાંધી ની પુસ્તક રોજનીશી ની ઓડિયો બુક છે

This work delves deeply into the journey of one of the most influential and controversial leaders of the 20th century, revealing how his ideas and actions shaped not only Cuba, but the entire global geopolitical landscape.

Un segundo mandato de Trump se avecina, pero los progresistas no están indefensos. Este libro es tu guía paso a paso para resistir políticas regresivas, amplificar tu voz y luchar por un futuro mejor. El progreso no es accidental: se construye con acción, resiliencia y esfuerzo colectivo. Ya seas un activista experimentado o estés dando tus primeros pasos en la lucha, esta guía te brinda el conocimiento y las estrategias para afrontar los próximos cuatro años con confianza.

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi.