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Brand: Louise Erdrich
EAN: 9781472155368
Categoria: Libri e riviste

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION 2021\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\n\nIt is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?\n\nUnlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. \n\nIn The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.

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Brand: Melissa Checker
EAN: 9781479855278
Categoria: Libri e riviste

WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA!\n\nUncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development\n\nFrom state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City’s unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The Sustainability Myth, Melissa Checker uncovers the hidden costs—and contradictions—of the city’s ambitious sustainability agenda in light of its equally ambitious redevelopment imperatives.\n\nFocusing on industrial waterfronts and historically underserved places like Harlem and Staten Island’s North Shore, Checker takes an in-depth look at the dynamics of environmental gentrification, documenting the symbiosis between eco-friendly initiatives and high-end redevelopment and its impact on out-of-the-way, non-gentrifying neighborhoods. At the same time, she highlights the valiant efforts of local environmental justice activists who work across racial, economic, and political divides to challenge sustainability’s false promises and create truly viable communities.\n\nThe Sustainability Myth is a cautionary, eye-opening tale, taking a hard—but ultimately hopeful—look at environmental justice activism and the politics of sustainability.

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EAN: 9781851376186
Categoria: Libri e riviste

NEW for 2021 - the whole of the Coast to Coast long distance walking route ON ONE MAP. The Coast to Coast is a 307km (192 miles) walking route across northern England, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks. It connects the west coast (St Bees) with the east coast (Robin Hood's Bay). This map shows the entire route split into sections. Tough, light, durable and 100% waterproof Includes Rights of Way Genuine original HARVEY mapping Route clearly marked

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