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    The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

    de Ross Perlin ...
    From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planetHalf of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and—because many have never been recorded ... Leer más

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  • Language City

    A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

    de Ross Perlin ...
    WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: ... Leer más

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  • Intern Nation

    How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy

    de Ross Perlin ...
    Millions of young people-and increasingly some not-so-young people-now work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices, legislative backrooms, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, map the human genome, and pick up garbage. Intern Nation is the first expos� of the exploitative world of internships. In this witty, astonishing, and serious ... Leer más

    $153 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Language City

    The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

    de Ross Perlin ...
    Narrado por Ross Perlin ...

    Completo

    10 hora 53 minutos

    Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York. Perlin recounts the unique history of ... Leer más

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    The Achilles Trap

    Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

    de Steve Coll ...
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    Completo

    17 hora 58 minutos

    **A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker • Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award“Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before.” —The New York ... Leer más

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  • Found in Translation

    How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

    Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seen—until now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything from holy books to hurricane warnings and poetry to peace treaties, Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche offer language lovers and pop culture fans alike an insider’s view of the ways in which translation spreads culture, ... Leer más

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  • You Are What You Speak

    Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

    "An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - KirkusWhat is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book ... Leer más

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  • A Practical Guide to Racism

    de C. H. Dalton ...
    "Read it with someone you hate."—Jon StewartA hilarious look at the races of the world—capturing the proud history and bright future of racism in one handy, authoritative, and deeply offensive volume.Whether you’re laughing, cringing, or some combination of the two, A Practical Guide to Racism is sure to entertain. According to C. H. Dalton, a professor of racialist studies and an expert on ... Leer más

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  • Half and Half

    Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural

    As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered--they are discussed.How do you measure someone's race or culture? Half this, quarter that, born here, raised there. What name ... Leer más

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  • Fear of Black Consciousness

    Lewis R. Gordon's Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking account of Black consciousness by a leading philosopherIn this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the ... Leer más

    $193 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Violent Phenomena

    Essays Toward the Future of Literary Translation

    “These essays, deftly blending the political and the personal, offer fresh, galvanizing, and passionate perspectives on literary translation.”—Jhumpa LahiriA manifesto in 22 essays, Violent Phenomena breaks stale rules about who can and should translate, envisioning a future more reflective of the beautiful polyphony of literature in all languages.?What would it take to unlearn centuries of ... Leer más

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  • Reading the World

    How I Read a Book from Every Country

    de Ann Morgan ...
    'A brilliant, unlikely book' SpectatorHow can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world?In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics...and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. She read her way around all the globe's 196 independent countries (plus one extra), sampling one book from every nation. It wasn't easy. Many languages have next to nothing translated into English; there ... Leer más

    $250 MXN