If he does not find a way to save them, Dhinal knows his people will die. Every single one of them.The apprentice shaman has travelled for years, searching for the answer, along the way gathering a ragtag band of misfits, each harbouring secrets of their own. The latest member of this group, Strings, is running from something, her dreams haunted by flames and terror.Together, they arrive in the bustling city of Eastsea, seeking a guide to the legendary and lost Ame...

An anthology edition of the first four stories of The Lesser Evil, including two not previously available to purchase.Only One Death:If he does not find a way to save them, Dhinal knows his people will die. Every single one of them.Dust & Death:In a land of dust, there are some things best left buried, horrors and secrets which go far beyond fear — testing the very sanity itself.

Après avoir voyagé durant de nombreux mois, Dhinal espère approcher du terme de sa quête : découvrir comment sauver son peuple. En cours de route, il a réuni une bande de marginaux, chacun portant ses propres secrets. La dernière addition au groupe, Ficelle, fuit quelque chose, ses rêves sont hantés par les flammes et la terreur. Ensemble, ils arrivent dans la cité grouillante de Merest, à la recherche d’un guide pour les mener aux légendaires Monts Améthystes.Kiis ne supporte plus...

One of the New York Times's Best Books of the 21st CenturyNamed one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Education' Literary Hub, Book Riot' and ZoraA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Highe...

One of the New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st CenturyNamed one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and ZoraA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Highe...

The New York Times bestseller and 'Bible of a social movement' (San Francisco Chronicle)Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millio...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander, read by Karen Chilton.Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has res...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The New Jim Crow tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Michelle Alexander's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summaries

Great statesmen and gentlemen, men of honor and rank, seem to be phenomena of a bygone Aristocratic era. Aristocracies, which emphasize rank, and value difference, quality, beauty, rootedness, continuity, stand in direct contrast to democracies, which value equality, autonomy, novelty, standardization, quantity, utility and mobility. Is there any place for aristocratic values and virtues in the modern democratic social and political order? This volume consists of essays by political theori...

A compelling reconstruction of the life of a black suffragist, Adella Hunt Logan, blending family lore, historical research, and literary imagination"Both a definitive rendering of a life and a remarkable study of the interplay of race and gender in an America whose shadows still haunt us today."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr."If you combine the pleasures of a seductive novel, discovering a real American heroine, and learning the multiracial ...

Workbook on The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander | Discussions Made Easy**The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander talks about how mass incarceration masquerading as a war on drugs has affected the lives of many black people even as they attempt to reenter society. Stripped of their basic rights—decent jobs, housing, and even the right to suffrage—they resort to illici...

The United States has the world’s largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America’s ‘war on drugs,’ launched in 1982. In The New Jim Crow, she explains how this government initiative has led to America’s black citizens being imprisoned on a colossal scale. She compares this mass detention—with black men up to 50 times more likely to be jailed than white men—to the Jim Crow era segregation that once pervaded the American South....