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Racism in America
Cultural Codes and Color Lines in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Black Lives Matter
Bestselling author and syndicated columnist on issues of race in the U.S., Leonard Pitts has received death threats and been subjected to harassment by neo-Nazis. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004, he has authored hundreds of articles addressing the charged...
Robin Williams
Comedic Genius
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Suffering from depression, this improvisational comedian and actor ended his life on August 11, 2014. Remembered for his many live, film, and television roles from stand-up comedian to Mork & Mindy, to Good Morning, Vietnam to his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams...
by Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Her fans call her Queen Bey and they roar when she sweeps onto the stage with a hand on her hip and looks out into the crowd. What began with the highly successful, all-girl group, Destiny’s Child culminated with Beyoncé Knowles becoming one of the most influential solo female musicians today. A feminist...
by Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
He’s an American folk singer for the ages and the songwriting poet of the 20th century with a Pulitzer Prize to prove it. His musical legacy has inspired generations but he still thinks of himself as Robert Allen Zimmerman, the small-town boy from Minnesota. The world knows him as Bob Dylan. A bit...
by Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
There will never be anyone like Michael Jordan, an icon beyond the hardwood. From his famous shrug through the flu game, His Airness has provided some of the most memorable moments in sports history. Arguably one of the greatest competitors and basketball players of all time, Jordan transformed what...
The Stephen R. Covey - 3 Books in 1
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader includes The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First, explained through infographics, videos and excerpts of teachings from his co-authored books Great Work Great Career and Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times. For 25 years, Stephen R....
by Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell after nearly three decades as a barrier dividing the city. AP was there. Reporters witnessed the construction of the wall in August 1961 and reported its collapse to the world in 1989. Relive the immediate reactions of those who lived to see the fall of a former...
Arab Spring Then and Now
From Hope to Despair
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Middle East conflict and the Arab Spring: Gain insight and learn from two of the most acclaimed experts on the Middle East
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In December 2010, the “Tunisian Revolution” touched off a wave of protests, riots, revolutions and civil wars throughout the Middle East. Initially...
IRAQ
The West Shakes Up The Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
In Patrick Cockburn on Iraq: The West Shakes Up The Middle East, The Independent continues its series of History As It Happened books. Over the past 15 years the US and its allies should have had the greatest interest in maintaining a Middle East status quo. But, as Cockburn details in a series of...
ISIS
Battling the Menace
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
In Emergence of ISIS: Battling the Menace, Patrick Cockburn provides unique insights into the Islamic State scourge. He traces the origin of ISIS, confronts the horror of its methods, and details its threat to the Middle East and the world at large through a series of his articles published by The Independent.
SOS Venezuela
Disillusioned in the Age of Chavez
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
A group of Venezuelans interested in politics experience a transformation as their views and lives start to restructure. This shifting of ideologies, a result of fourteen years of Bolivarian Revolution, is only the beginning. One of these Venezuelans, Gerardo, a journalist who covered the protests...
Pope Francis
Transforming the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Pope Francis has started a revolution in the Roman Catholic church that has charmed millions. But the enthusiasm isn’t shared across the board. Traditionalist Catholics greeted Francis’ election with concern, and their fears are being realized. Associated Press journalists and photographers chronicle...
Zen Cats
Meditations for the Wise Minds of Cat Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
Zen Cat Mindfulness
Readers of Start With Why, You Are Here and Whatever You Are, Be A Good One will love the quotes and teachings of Zen Cats
Advice from Zen Leaders: Join some cuddly kittens for a collection of sayings from the Buddha in Zen Cats. Don’t let the adorable cats fool...
Guantánamo Bay
The Pentagon's Alcatraz of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Dispatches from the award-winning journalist who has been reporting on the US’s controversial military prison on Cuba for more than fifteen years.
In January 2002, an editor at the Miami Herald dispatched correspondent Carol Rosenberg to report on an emerging US military mission at Guantánamo...