She Persisted Around the World

She Persisted Around the World
Author: Chelsea Clinton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0525516999

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The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for what's right, even when they've been told to be quiet. Whether in science, the arts, sports or activism, women and girls throughout history have been determined to break barriers and change the status quo. They haven't let anyone get in their way and have helped us better understand our world and what's possible. In this companion book to She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to a group of thirteen incredible women who have shaped history all across the globe. She Persisted Around the World is a book for everyone who has ever aimed high and been told to step down, for everyone who has ever raised their voice and been told to quiet down, and for everyone who has ever felt small, unimportant or unworthy. Alexandra Boiger's vibrant artwork accompanies this inspiring text that shows readers of all ages that, no matter what obstacles come their way, they have the power to persist and succeed. This book features: Marie Curie, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Viola Desmond, Sissi Lima do Amor, Leymah Gbowee, Caroline Herschel, Wangari Maathai, Aisha Rateb, J.K. Rowling, Kate Sheppard, Yuan Yuan Tan, Mary Verghese and Malala Yousafzai. Praise for She Persisted Around the World: "Clinton again writes in a measured tone that is at once celebratory and defiant. Boiger's watercolor and ink artwork exudes warmth and subtle power." --Publishers Weekly Praise for She Persisted: * "[A] lovely, moving work of children's literature [and a] polished introduction to a diverse and accomplished group of women." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Exemplary . . . This well-curated list will show children that women's voices have made themselves emphatically heard." --Booklist "[She Persisted] will remind little girls that they can achieve their goals if they don't let obstacles get in the way." --Family Circle "We can't wait to grab a copy for some of the awesome kids in our lives . . . and maybe some of the grown-ups, too." --Bustle "A message we all need to hear." --Scary Mommy "This will be a great read for kids (especially young girls)." --Romper "We cannot wait for the launch of Smart Girl Chelsea Clinton's new book to help remind kids everywhere that the fearlessness that characterizes the thirteen women in the book is what has emboldened us to constantly strive for progress and justice." --Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

In the Country We Love

In the Country We Love
Author: Diane Guerrero
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 125013496X

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The star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country.

Plant Dreaming Deep

Plant Dreaming Deep
Author: May Sarton
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1497646324

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The author’s tribute to the 18th-century New England farmhouse she called home: “[A] tender and often poignant book by a woman of many insights” (The New York Times Book Review). In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home. She begins with an introduction to the enchanting village of Nelson, where she first meets her house. Sarton finds she must “dream the house alive” inside herself before taking the major step of signing the deed. She paints the walls white in order to catch the light and searches for the precise shade of yellow for the kitchen floor. She discovers peace and beauty in solitude, whether she is toiling in the garden or writing at her desk. This is a loving, beautifully crafted memoir illuminated by themes of friendship, love, nature, and the struggles of the creative life. This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.

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Total Pages: 215
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Lo que Todo Joven Necesita

Lo que Todo Joven Necesita
Author: S. Enoc Sánchez
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre:
ISBN: 1300593024

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Los jóvenes necesitan algo más que palabras. Necesitan un mapa que los guíe en el transcurso de su vida. Este libro te dará esa brújula existencial que te ayudará a encontrar tus metas y lograrlas. A través de siete principios trascendentales que estás a punto de descubrir, hallarás el camino que tanto has estado buscando.El autor de éste libro trae un impactante mensaje de motivación personal, el cual está fuera de lo común, dándole al lector un nuevo punto de vista para ver el mundo y un nuevo estilo de lucha diaria que te facilitará el logro de cada uno de tus proyectos."Se han acabado las soluciones teóricas y de escritorio. Hoysolamente tenemos un camino: convertirnos enprotagonistas de nuestra historia..."Fragmento del libro

En Busca de Mi Padre

En Busca de Mi Padre
Author: Mar a. G. Erazo-Luna
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2012-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1449704972

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When María's father mysteriously disappears, many needs beset her family. Facing this reality, María and her brother go to work on the streets. Bit by bit, all kinds of obstacles and wrong decisions erase her self-esteem and dreams. María's story reflects the reality of thousands of Latinas. The difference is that the end of her story breaks the mold. Discover how this single mother decides to leave the cycle of self-destructive acts and spiritual poverty into which she had fallen. The narrative, frank and confrontational, will help the reader to consider their own life and find the strength to succeed.

The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010-11-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307762955

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The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted. Out of the shambles of his childhood, he has constructed a new life—marriage to an adoring girl who gives him a son of his own, and a career in scholarship. It is a life that enrages him. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel composes something quite different. It is a confession of his most intimate relationships—with his wife, his foster parents, and his kid sister Susan, whose own radicalism so reproaches him. It is a book of memories: riding a bus with his parents to the ill-fated Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill; watching the FBI take his father away; appearing with Susan at rallies protesting their parents’ innocence; visiting his mother and father in the Death House. It is a book of investigation: transcribing Daniel’s interviews with people who knew his parents, or who knew about them; and logging his strange researches and discoveries in the library stacks. It is a book of judgments of everyone involved in the case—lawyers, police, informers, friends, and the Isaacson family itself. It is a book rich in characters, from elderly grand- mothers of immigrant culture, to covert radicals of the McCarthy era, to hippie marchers on the Pen-tagon. It is a book that spans the quarter-century of American life since World War II. It is a book about the nature of Left politics in this country—its sacrificial rites, its peculiar cruelties, its humility, its bitterness. It is a book about some of the beautiful and terrible feelings of childhood. It is about the nature of guilt and innocence, and about the relations of people to nations. It is The Book of Daniel.

Volar sobre el pantano

Volar sobre el pantano
Author: Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez
Publisher: Ediciones Selectas Diamante SA de CV
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 6077627283

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—Las pesadillas han vuelto. Son demasiado reales. Sueño a mi hermana. La escucho gritar, llorar, suplicarme, y me despierto sudando, viéndola como si estuviera allí, con su gesto solitario, ávido de afecto... —Me asusta tu mirada. ¿Dónde está ella? —Escribió una carta. Necesita ayuda urgente… VOLAR SOBRE EL PANTANO ES UNA NOVELA MAGNÉTICA. Los protagonistas, Zahid y Lisbeth, recién casados, se aprestan a tratar de rescatar a Alma, una joven que se halla al borde de la muerte. Durante su odisea por encontrarla, charlan sobre las terribles vicisitudes que cada uno tuvo que superar para escapar de alcoholismo, maltrato físico, abuso sexual, embarazo no deseado, pandillerismo y muchas otras adversidades.

Los Encuentros

Los Encuentros
Author: Julian Martinez Yordan
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 146690982X

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El contenido de este libro es extremadamente complicado pero fácil de entender. Los temas están divididos en quince encuentros conversacionales entre un profesor universitario retirado y un joven estudiante. Ambos desarrollan una amistad extraordinaria y los temas tratados revelan que hay un misterio espiritual en un lugar no circunscrito y no antes explorado en nuestra vida. Debemos entender que como resultado de nuestras experiencias adquiridas todos tenemos una forma de pensar, de actuar y ver la vida. Por esta razón, es posible que alguno de los temas tratados entre en conflicto con la manera de pensar que hasta ahora hayas tenido. Pero al analizarlos, y entenderlos estos se incorporan a nuestro conocimiento creando cambios de ideas y los conflictos intelectuales se desvanecen. Entonces despertamos a un nuevo amanecer. Seremos felices, prospero, tendremos abundancia, buenas amistades, salud y energía para controlar el dolor, suprimir enfermedades y todo aquello en la mayoría de las veces te maltrata y te abusa. La decisión de explorar esa nueva realidad, constituye el primer paso hacia la iluminación. Aumentaras tu conocimiento y cambiaras tu manera de pensar y ver la vida. Porque, "cuando la mente conoce, al cuerpo no le queda otra cosa que cambiar". El camino resultara muy agradable y comprenderás que "lo importante no es llegar si no que vas de camino"