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  • The House of Twenty Thousand Books

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    A KIRKUS “BEST NONFICTION BOOK” OF THE YEAR: A grandson’s “warmhearted, frank memoir” of family, literature, and Jewish history (Shelf Awareness).Fascinating stories and 43 photos paint a lively portrait of the remarkable Chimen Abramsky—collector of rare books and friend to the greatest 20th-century thinkers.The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary ... En savoir plus

    $22.39 CAD

  • The American Way of Poverty

    How the Other Half Still Lives

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Selected as A Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book ReviewFifty years after Michael Harrington published his groundbreaking book The Other America, in which he chronicled the lives of people excluded from the Age of Affluence, poverty in America is back with a vengeance. It is made up of both the long-term chronically poor and new working poor -- the tens of millions of victims of a ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Chaos Comes Calling

    The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    A harrowing tale of how political polarization threatens America’s social fabric, told through the differing fates of two communities riven by ideological and partisan battlesDonald Trump’s 2016 electoral victory set off a reign of demagoguery and—ten months into a pandemic—an incitement to violence that led a mob of thousands to descend on the Capitol in Washington, DC. Fueled by suspicion, ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • La casa de los veinte mil libros

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Traduit par Ángeles de los Santos ...
    Durante décadas, Chimen Abramsky y su esposa, Miriam, organizaron encuentros épicos en su fascinante casa llena de libros, y reunieron a muchos de los grandes intelectuales de la época, de Eric Hobsbawm a Isaiah Berlin. Hijo ateo de uno de los rabinos más importantes del siglo, Chimen nació en 1916 cerca de Minsk y pasó sus primeros años de adolescencia en Moscú; luego emigró a Londres, donde ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Little Wonder

    The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    "Masterfully captures the life of this little-known sportswoman, a versatile female athlete comparable to Babe Didrikson Zaharias." — Booklist (starred review)Lottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously young age of fifteen. ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Madiba

    Das Vermächtnis des Nelson Mandela

    Modifié par Sasha Abramsky, Christian Beetz, Khalo Matabane ...
    Nelson Mandela ist eine der wichtigsten und inspirierendsten Figuren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein Leben und Wirken hat einen unmessbaren Einfluss auf Generationen von Menschen in der ganzen Welt. In diesem Buch nähern sich über 30 bedeutende Persönlichkeiten unserer Zeit - Politiker, Künstler, Aktivisten, Weggefährten und Kritiker - in eigenen Beiträgen dem Phänomen Nelson Mandela. Auf diese Weise ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Jumping at Shadows

    The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that he shoots her dead? Why do we fear infrequent acts of terrorism more far more common acts of violence? Why does a disease like Ebola, which killed only a handful of Americans, provoke panic, whereas the flu--which kills tens of thousands each year- ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Hard Time Blues

    How Politics Built a Prison Nation

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    In September 1996, fifty-three year old heroin addict Billy Ochoa was sentenced to 326 years in prison. His crime: committing $2100 worth of welfare fraud. Ochoa was sent to New Folsom supermax prison, joining thousands of other men who will spend the rest of their lives in California's teeming correctional facilities as a result of that state's tough Three Strikes law. His incarceration will cost ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Breadline USA

    The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Twenty-five million Americans—nearly 9 percent of the U.S. population—rely on food pantries. Another 13 million aren’t linked to a food distribution network, and 14 million children are at risk of going hungry on any given day. Moreover, the faltering economy is increasing the number of American families that don’t know where their next meals are coming from.Breadline USA treats this crisis not ... En savoir plus

    $56.33 CAD

  • Inside Obama's Brain

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    "Never has the world needed strong and wise American leadership more than it does now. Abramsky's eminently readable description of Obama's personal gifts makes it clear that he is remarkably suited to be the president the moment requires." -Former New York Governor Mario M. CuomoFrom the moment he burst onto the national political scene, Barack Obama has fascinated people more than any politician ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $20.99 CAD Maintenant $7.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Livre audio

    Inside Obama's Brain

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Lu par Erik Synnestvedt ...

    Version Longue

    7 heure 6 min

    From the moment he burst onto the national political scene, Barack Obama has fascinated people more than any politician in decades. Many biographers have already retold his story, but no previous book truly explains how his mind works, what passions drive him, or what makes him such an effective leader.This concise profile explores the ideas, inspirations, and experiences that have shaped the ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : eBook

    Aussi disponible en : eBook

  • Livre audio

    American Furies

    Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

    par Sasha Abramsky ...
    Lu par Sasha Abramsky ...

    Version Longue

    7 heure 55 min

    In this disturbing yet elegant exposé of U.S. penitentiaries and their surrounding communities, Sasha Abramsky shows how American prisons have abandoned their long-held ideal of rehabilitation, often for political reasons. After surveying our current state of affairs-life sentences for nonviolent crimes, appalling conditions for inmates, the growth of private prisons, the treatment of juveniles ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD