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Why I March
Images from The Women's March Around the World
2017
EN
An inspiring photographic account of the worldwide Women's March of 2017—one of the biggest peaceful protests in history.On January 21, 2017, five million people in eighty-two countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. presidential race—immigration, health care, environmental protections, LGBTQ ...
Dress Like a Woman
Working Women and What They Wore
2018
EN
From factory worker to First Lady, "this photo book explores the history of female power dressing across different classes, cultures, and careers" ( InStyle).At a time in which a woman can be a firefighter, surgeon, astronaut, military officer, athlete, judge, and more, what does it mean to dress like a woman? This book turns that question on its head by sharing a myriad of interpretations across history—with 300 incredible photographs that illustrate how w...
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2021
EN
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Previously published as Guantánamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be a major motion pictureThe first and only diary written by a Guantánamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previously censored material restored.Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay in 2002.There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture and sexual a...
2013
EN
Wearing jewelry is essential to helping women developed their own style. For women wishing to create a look that's unique, the last thing they'll want to invest money in is mass produced pieces of jewelry. It's for this reason alone, learning the skills needed for making silver jewelry could prove extremely beneficial. When it comes to making such pieces you need to know where to purchase the right kinds of supplies. In this book not only do we discuss what's needed to start your own silve...
Silver & Costume Jewelry Making : A Complete & Step by Step Guide
(Special 2 In 1 Exclusive Edition)
2013
EN
Wearing jewelry is essential to helping women developed their own style. For women wishing to create a look that's unique, the last thing they'll want to invest money in is mass produced pieces of jewelry. It's for this reason alone, learning the skills needed for making silver and costume jewelry could prove extremely beneficial. When it comes to making such pieces you need to know where to purchase the right kinds of supplies. In this book, " Silver & Costume Jewelry Making: A Complete S...
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
2006
EN
In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power explores that policy and the intense debates that have followed.Written by an expert on the subject, one of the lawyers who fough...
Brave Journeys
Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage
2011
EN
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In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the struggle for equality.Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Le...
Fashion Photography 101
A Complete Course for the New Fashion Photographers
2012
EN
Fashion photography is one of the most appealing markets for any new photographer, but also one of the most challenging, combining as it does a group of disciplines, from the more technical makeup and editing roles to the photography itself.With digital technology and good planning, however, you can tackle as many of these as you please, and offer the best possible service to your client, whether that's an international magazine taking your career to the next level, or a friend nee...
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?
Police Violence and Resistance in the United States
2016
EN
Essays and reports examining the reality of police violence against Black and brown communities in America.What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young Black people in the United States fit into the historical and global context of anti-blackness?This collection of reports and essays (the first collaboration between Truthout and Ha...
Native Funk & Flash
An Emerging Folk Art
2013
EN
This delightful 1974 classic is replete with new images, updates on favorite artists, and a thoughtful afterword by the author that reflects on what was at the heart of the ’60s counterculture. Native Funk and Flash sits alongside treasured costume and fashion bibles on the shelves of the great designers of our times. Many artists, now in their prime, credit their early encounter with it for their own choice of career and inspiration. Within these pages hand-embroidered and hand-painted im...
Unsettling the Commons
Social Movements Within, Against, and Beyond Settler Colonialism
2017
EN
Drawing on interviews with 51 anti-authoritarian organizers to investigates what it means to struggle for “the commons” within a settler colonial context, Unsettling the Commons (ARP Books) interrogates a very important debate that took place within Occupy camps and is taking place in a multitude of movements in North America around what it means to claim “the commons” on stolen land. Travelling back in history to show the ways in which radical left movements have often either era...











