The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a heartbreaking mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman's cells - taken without her knowledge - have saved countless lives.
Quan Simone de Beauvoir va publicar 'El segon sexe' (1949) va emprar com a epígraf una frase de 'Sobre la igualtat dels dos sexes' (1673), obra que reconeix explícitament com a referent del feminisme: «Tot el que n'hagen dit els homes [de les dones] ha de ser sospitós, perquè són jutges i part».
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Nobody deals with challenging subjects more interestingly and compellingly than Adam Rutherford, and this may be his best book yet.
A powerful, urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality, and how we get thereGender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet.
From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twenty-first century, the me too movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation'Searing.
The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.
Quan Simone de Beauvoir va publicar 'El segon sexe' (1949) va emprar com a epígraf una frase de 'Sobre la igualtat dels dos sexes' (1673), obra que reconeix explícitament com a referent del feminisme: «Tot el que n'hagen dit els homes [de les dones] ha de ser sospitós, perquè són jutges i part».
'We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and die peacefully in our own homes'Theodor Herzl's passionate advocacy of the founding of a Jewish state grew out of his conviction that Jews would never be assimilated into the populations in which they lived.
From the green hilltops of Kampala, to the terraced houses of London, Neema Shah's extraordinarily moving debut Kololo Hill explores what it means to leave your home behind, what it takes to start again, and the lengths some will go to protect their loved ones.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker who garnered significant acclaim for his 1845 autobiography.
Despite the great strides made for social justice during the civil rights movement in the 1960s some of the most jarring national events of the early twenty-first century have been symptomatic of a deep-seated racial strife in America.
From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and 'ethnic cleansing', racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society.
'I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what black and brown people often have to experience on a daily basis.
From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and 'ethnic cleansing', racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society.
Geographer Danny Dorling tells the stories of the people who live along The 32 Stops of the Central Line to illustrate the extent and impact of inequality in Britain today - part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin'Social geographer Danny Dorling has produced the most densely factual book, not about the Tube itself, but the living conditions of those above .
Durante los últimos veinte años la literatura etnográfica ha reportado distintas formas de comprender, crear y experimentar la temporalidad y la historia en el continente americano.
This book presents some very raw facts about the negative aspects of racism and the devastating effects it has on individuals, municipalities, States, the Nation and indeed the world.
