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This illuminating book offers an extensive, expert analysis of a school system that bears the legacy, hallmarks, and consequences that lie at the intersection of race and education. Urban education scholar Camika Royal deftly analyzes decades of efforts aimed at improving school performance within the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), in a brisk survey spanning every SDP superintendency from the 1960s through 2017.

Geführte Meditationen zum Loslassen von Wut bieten einen sicheren, wohltuenden Raum, um Emotionen zu verarbeiten, Ihr Nervensystem zu beruhigen und mit Klarheit und Kraft voranzukommen.

Beginning with a jaw-dropping rumination on a centuries-old painting featuring a white man with a Black man's leg surgically attached (with the expired Black leg-donor in the foreground), contracts law scholar and celebrated journalist Patricia J. Williams uses the lens of the law to take on core questions of identity, ethics, and race.

Un cas marcat per la vergonyosa complicitat amb la ultradreta de les forces policíaques, del sistema judicial i d'una premsa que va manipular la realitat fins a l'extrem de presentar la víctima com a botxí. Un crim que va marcar una generació sencera. Aquest llibre denuncia l'intent d'enfonsar una família, calumniant-la i assetjant-la amb pintades als carrers i pancartes amb insults als estadis de futbol.

Von Berlin nach Spreeweide: Eingeladen von Stefan und Ariane besucht Renate Bergmann das verschlafene Örtchen in der brandenburgischen Provinz. Aber wo Renate ist, ist selten Ruhe! Kaum angekommen, gerät sie mit Bürgermeister Brummer aneinander. Überteuerte Friedhofsgebühren, schmuddelige Parkbänke, beschmierte Busfahrpläne: Das würde mit einer Renate Bergmann in Amt und Würden gleich ganz anders aussehen! 82 Jahre hin oder her, der Adenauer, die Amis und die Online-Omi powern in diesem Alter erst richtig los. Und ehe man sich's versieht, hängt Renates Wahlplakat an jeder Dorflaterne.

¡Kachau! Los íntimos amigos Rayo McQueen y Mate van de viaje para asistir a la boda de la hermana de Mate, en la otra punta del país, cuando por accidente van a parar a la legendaria Cueva del Tapacubos de Cristal. Según cuenta la leyenda, aquel que contempla ese tapacubos se convierte en el corredor más afortunado del mundo. Mate cree que el tapacubos sería el regalo de boda perfecto y se adentra en la cueva a buscarlo. Y, como un buen amigo no deja que su mejor amigo se meta en una cueva solo, Rayo le sigue.

A Olaf, el adorable muñeco de nieve de Arendelle, le encanta leer. Un día, un inesperado mensaje lleva a Olaf y a sus amigos Anna, Kristoff y Sven a emprender una misión a un lugar desconocido llamado Haus Biblio, descrito como "un mar de historias". Este Audible Original nos cuenta el viaje del grupo hasta Haus Biblio mientras cruzan montañas, buscan a monstruos debajo de puentes y tienen conversaciones con simpáticas ovejas. Durante su aventura, Olaf hace nuevos amigos y escucha un montón de emocionantes historias por el camino.

"And should you die, take pride that you were fortunate enough to die for the Division." With that cheery bit of encouragement, newly promoted Agent Katrina Foster is tossed onto a plane and sent halfway around the world on her first assignment. Her directive: uncover who killed the country's top agent. When Katrina links the murder to a decade-old political assassination, a murderous mastermind, and a shadowy organization set on global disruption, she becomes a target.

Do memories from your past hold you back in ways you can't define?Childhood trauma shapes our adult lives more than we realize. It influences our self-worth, challenges our relationships, and can even impact our health. Yet, many dismiss its effects as mere 'personality quirks.'

The Second Half explores how the second half of life is experienced by women from many different cultures. From a French actress to a British novelist, from an Algerian nomad to a Saudi Arabian doctor, and an American politician, Ellen Warner traveled all over the world to interview women about their lives. She asked them what they learned in the first half that was helpful in the second, and what advice they would give to younger women. Their revealing and inspiring stories are enlightening for all listeners.

Madrid, Berta Kerrigan es una escritora de éxito de novelas policiacas que está atravesando el peor momento de su vida. Tras la llegada de Marisa, la asistente enviada por su editora Laura, parece que la escritora comienza a levantar cabeza, pero una pista le informa de que su hija y su esposo puede que no estén muertos. La publicación de su último libro sobre el caso de la niña desaparecida le ha devuelto su fama como escritora. Mientras, en un pueblo cercano se han encontrado los cuerpos de dos adolescentes, una pareja que era la más popular de sus instituto.

Madrid, Berta Kerrigan es una escritora de éxito de novelas policiacas que está atravesando el peor momento de su vida. Carlos y su hija Olivia han desaparecido en un crucero por Europa al que ella se iba a unir después de unos viajes de promoción. Desde hace seis meses apenas sale de casa y es incapaz de escribir una sola palabra. Apenas se mueve por la exclusiva urbanización privada en la que nueve casas de lujo parecen vivir ajenas al peligroso mundo de fuera de sus muros.

After reading about Amelia Earhart in her friend’s scrapbook, 12-year-old Ginny Ross decides to become a pilot. It’s 1930, and luckily, the airstrip in her hometown of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, is a popular launching point for intrepid aviators setting out on transatlantic flights. But how will Ginny’s dream take flight when her mother—and society in general—so fiercely believes a woman’s place is in the home?

The neighborhood of Oleander Court is the poster child for suburban bliss. The residents compare lawns beautified by hired help. They monitor home values. They toss perfect furniture because they wanted tapioca, not beige. But when a string of murders rips through the neighborhood, suspicions abound as new secrets come to light. And as more and more bodies are taken away, it becomes clear that the killer is strategically selecting each and every victim, picking off the shallowest, most wasteful of the lot in spectacular fashion and leaving everyone in the neighborhood to wonder Who’s next?

Mike was not happy waking up strapped to a bed in a hospital, with his mother crying over him. This was until he met his roommate Jimmy. In Jimmy he found someone who finally understood what he was going through, but would that be enough?

Leo Bates knows what's behind every corner in her hometown, where she's lived her whole life. Some disjointed memories and grief for her late parents, sure, but nothing dangerous. Nothing unexplainable. But the familiar becomes strange the longer you look at it. When Tate Mulder goes missing and Leo is pinned as the prime suspect, she can only watch as the town she thought she knew deteriorates around her.

In this book, the author, having struggled with unexpected death first-hand guides listeners through the journey of grief and healing based on her own experiences. This book will help you discover a healthy sustainable way to heal without letting go. The author encourages and teaches listeners how to create a divine language through signs and synchronicities with spirit guides and crossed-over loved ones. Tuning into a divine language helps listeners to see light where before there was darkness and peace where before there was pain.

“As far as I know, you can only die once…” But when Aetna Simmons disappears from her lonely Bermuda cottage, she leaves behind not one but ten suicide notes. Ten different suicide notes. And no other trace to speak of, not even a corpse, as if she’d never existed. Drafts of a Suicide Note is the darkly enigmatic love letter of Kenji Okada-Caines, a petty criminal who once exposited on English literary classics and now, marooned on his native isle, nurtures an obsession with Aetna’s writing.

Madrid, Berta Kerrigan es una escritora de éxito de novelas policiacas que está atravesando el peor momento de su vida. Las novelas de Berta se encuentran entre las más vendidas, pero ella sigue echando de menos a su marido e hija. La llegada de una carta anónima desde Malta le hace sospechar que pueden encontrarse allí. Marisa y Berta viajarán a la isla con la esperanza de dar con la familia, pero se encontrarán con varios asesinatos a turistas por un asesino en serie.

Vier Frauen. Hundert Jahre Deutschland. 1949: Die Freundinnen Henny, Käthe, Ida und Lina stammen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Verhältnissen. Dabei sind sie im Hamburger Stadtteil Uhlenhorst nicht weit voneinander entfernt aufgewachsen. Seit Jahrzehnten schon teilen sie Glück und Unglück miteinander, die kleinen Freuden genauso wie die dunkelsten Momente. Mit den Fünfzigern beginnt das deutsche Wirtschaftswunder. Endlich geht es aufwärts: Hennys Tochter Marike wird Ärztin, Sohn Klaus bekommt eine Stelle beim Rundfunk. Ganz neue Klänge sind es, die da aus den Radios der jungen Republik schallen.