Global Age

The National Book Award-winning historian of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has moved from the margins to become the most dominant political theory of our time—and what we can do to safeguard democracy from this insidious threat. Recall the words chanted...

One neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval. Karagumruk, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for its cheap apartment blocks and petty thieves—and a massive influx of Syrian refugees. It's here that...

Recently, Shyamala Mehta’s life in LA feels stagnant: she’s undervalued at work, newly single, and constantly clashing with her marriage-obsessed mother. So when she’s offered a transfer to Mumbai, she travels halfway around the world to the now drought-stricken city her parents left behind.

Addresses how tech empowers community organizing and protest movements to combat the systems of capitalism and data exploitation that helped drive tech’s own rise to ubiquity. Our smartphones have brought digital technology into the most intimate spheres of life. It’s time to take control of...

They’ve only just returned, and now they’re in danger . . . Join an epic race to save the rare white mammoth that might just save the world. ?For fans of The Last Bear, Fireborn and Greenwild. 'Action-packed with a mammoth heart' - Abi Elphinstone After millennia, mammoths have returned...

Primeiro romance de José Lins do Rego, Menino de engenho traz uma narrativa cativante composta pelas aventuras e desventuras da meninice de Carlos, garoto nascido num engenho de açúcar. No livro, o leitor se envolverá com as alegrias, inquietações e angústias do garoto diante de sensações e situações por ele vivenciadas pela primeira vez. Publicado originalmente em 1932, o romance comprova, sem sombra de dúvidas, o talento monumental de um escritor, cuja obra nortearia os rumos do moderno regionalismo brasileiro.

"Blueprint for Building a Successful Brand" by Arthur Harrison is an essential guide for creators, influencers, startups, and businesses aiming to navigate the complex world of brand-building in the digital age. This book provides listeners with actionable insights into crafting a compelling brand identity, positioning themselves in a competitive market, and creating meaningful connections with their audiences.

The Age of Pluralism is a clarion call for pluralism in an age of increasing tribal and nationalist defensiveness. To drive this multicultural world, David Clive Price offers the leaders of the future a global leadership toolkit - for increasing teamwork and innovation, and for leveraging diversity of generations, backgrounds, and cultures.

Harper and her two sisters face extreme danger and unexpected natural disasters while hiking in the Cascades of Oregon. Nonstop action, survival, high school science, and sibling rivalry are the hallmarks of this contemporary realistic survival story by the acclaimed author of Black Hole Sun...

An inspirational story about a young man who learns what is truly valuable in life.... Through a simple yet charming coming of age story, Life, Lessons, and Lemonade will ask you to reflect on what you value in life and how you learned those lessons.

Only the most hardened survivalists can endure living in the scorched deadlands of the former state of Arizona. Among them is nineteen-year-old Georgia Reno, who lives in an isolated desert settlement with her father and younger brother. Roads don’t exist here; visitors are more dark fairy tale than reality. But when two mysterious strangers arrive on their land, Georgia begins to question her sheltered existence. Soon, her tentative curiosity blooms into a fledgling desire to leave the settlement, even if it means venturing into a world her father has only ever warned against.

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem”, a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one’s ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one’s surroundings. Aging “well” (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st-century American preoccupation.

Este libro aborda 10 lecciones obligatorias que debemos enseñar a la nueva generación respecto al manejo del dinero. Cada lección, contiene una reflexión práctica y está desarrollada para la discusión grupal sirviendo como un excelente material para escuela dominical, grupos pequeños...

A gripping and deeply researched exploration of the hidden influence of organized crime on the global economy that reveals the mafia as an uncredited architect of modern society. In Mafia: A Global History, Ryan Gingeras takes readers on a fascinating journey into the shadowy world of organized...

A haunting new novel by the author of Vengeance in which a chance encounter between a blocked painter and a journalist leads to a complicated romance that reveals their buried histories and vulnerabilities against the backdrops of an America in chaos and Mexico. Beginning in the first summer of...

Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach."...

A vivid, sweeping, and “fact-filled” (Booklist, starred review) history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease that “contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic” (Publishers Weekly)—for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and John Barry’s The Great...

As Michael maneuvers through his working-class neighborhood delivering groceries, he enters the homes and lives of his customers. He’s confronted by the school yard and street corner violence of local thugs. With the 1967 Arab-Israeli War fresh in public memory, he passes for Greek or Italian...

Capital Condensed is a step-by-step guide to the three volumes of Capital in less than three hours for the time poor activist, curious student and general audience. If you want to understand Marx's investigation into how capital has grown to dominate our planet and must be superseded for humanity to survive this is the book for you.

Blue whales have swum and sprayed their ways into kids' hearts. With this audiobook, readers can become blue whale experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton! Did you know that the tongue of blue whale can weigh as much as an elephant?...