Globalization & its Discontents Penguin

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Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. And now, the tide is turning

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East Timor TSK 1e Lonely Planet Publications

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A land of amazing variety, of crumbling Portuguese churches, misty mountains, pristine reefs, translucent seas rich with fish, and an inspiring people who wouldn't accept anything less than an independent homeland. Experience the pleasures and treasures of the world's newest nation with the first guidebook since independence - this is your ticket to a brand-new journey.This is the only guide on the market to Southeast Asia's newest nation and it's written by our very own company co-founder Tony Wheeler, with contributions from President Xanana Gusmao and First Lady Kirsty Sword-Gusmao. East Timor is a brand new destination, a place where you can still be a pioneer. Apart from that fine feeling of being first on the scene, visitors can also enjoy the country's Portuguese colonial flavour and the pristine underwater scenery without worrying about crowds. After the long and sorry story of the 24-year Indonesian occupation from 1975 and the horrific violence that wracked the independence referendum in late 1999, East Timor is a country still finding its place in the world. Independence came only in 2002, and there is still a great deal of damage to be repaired from the 1999 upheaval.Although more than a quarter-century has passed since the Portuguese departure, there is still a colonial flavour in Dili, the easy-going capital. Indeed, you'll encounter regular reminders of the Portuguese period scattered around the country, including crumbling old stone fortresses and brightly painted churches. Portuguese cuisine is re-establishing itself in restaurants, and in a handful of places Portuguese wine is featured. Beyond Dili are beautiful beaches to the east and west, the charming old town of Baucau, soaring central mountains and, off the coast, superb scuba diving. There are only a handful of hotels outside Dili, the transport facilities can be hard work and if you're intending to get off the beaten track you must be prepared to rough it, but if you approach East Timor with an adventurous spirit you will be rewarded. CONNECT WITH THE PRESENT - East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao writes about independence UNDERSTAND THE PAST - our comprehensive History chapter puts you in the picture PLAN YOUR JOURNEY with our Highlights and Itineraries sections BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL with detailed maps, including customised itineraries maps and full-colour regional map TALK THE TALK - Tetun and Indonesian language chapter

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Overview of Cardiac Surgery for the Cardiologist Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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The motivation for this book was the recognition by two of us (RL and TL) that, despite our training as cardiologists, we had a limited understand ing of many aspects of the surgical management of our patients. Conversa tions with other cardiologists at our own institution and at other medical centers around the country convinced us that many of our colleagues shared our uncertainty about the details of surgical procedures and the factors that determine decisions in the perioperative period. As surgical techniques continue to evolve, this knowledge gap can become only more severe. We therefore compiled information about cardiac surgery that might be useful for cardiologists and other nonsurgeons. We asked cardiologists what questions they would like to ask their surgical colleagues and provided these questions to the authors of the chapters. Thus, the goal of these chapters is to help nonsurgeons answer their own questions about common cardiac procedures, and to help prepare these physicians to address the questions raised by their patients. In addition, we hope that insight into these issues will improve communication between surgeons and their col leagues-and, ultimately, lead to better patient care. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1 Chapter 1. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery JONATHAN B. MARK Chapter 2. Cardiopulmonary Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 DANIEL FITZGERALD Chapter 3. Myocardial Protection in Cardiac Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 JEFFREY SELL Chapter 4. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 HENDRICK B. BARNER Chapter 5. Surgery for Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: Aortic Valve Replacement and Myomectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Behemoth Harper Collins Publishers

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If the country's official mascot is an eagle, then its unofficial mascot is the elephant. While the eagle soars above the head of the nation from a dispassionate distance, the elephant stands with his feet on the ground with simplest of wretches and the most powerful of men. The first elephant arrived aboard ship barely twenty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He toured the former colonies on foot from Maine to Georgia, appearing in front of a barn or a tavern, hidden by a canvas curtain, where people flocked to see him, paying the admission fee in cash, rum, or potatoes. Then they went home and told their friends and neighbors, I have seen the elephant. Since then, the elephant has become an unparalleled symbol in the American imagination and a giant figure in our popular culture. As the number of elephants grew in the early 1800s, they ventured onto the frontier, and traveled to every state, territory, and possession in the Union. They worked clearing the land by pulling stumps, laid ties for new railroads, and hauled cargo in shipyards. In 1849, an elephant crossed the Rockies in search of gold in California.The elephant became a symbol of the horrors of the battlefield during The Civil War, and the emancipation of slaves became Lincoln's elephant. Just when excitement over the elephant began to wane, P.T. Barnum started to include them in his traveling caravans toward the turn of the century. Soon, elephants were performing Shakespeare and playing baseball, winning over the American public with their imposing yet gentle manner. In 1884, the famous Jumbo, whose name lives on in our daily lexicon, saved the Brooklyn Bridge from collapse. Elephants resumed their place in our culture, from Thomas Edison's famous electrocution of poor Topsy to the CIA's LSD-dropping Tusko in the 1960s, from D.C.'s political animals to Hollywood's giant stars. In Behemoth, Ronald B. Tobias, a natural historian and filmmaker, has written the first and only comprehensive history of the elephant in America. He traces the elephant from its first steps on our shores to its indelible footprint on our national culture, capturing our imagination and paralleling our own joy and suffering.Interspersed throughout this lively and fascinating chronicle are dozens of illustrations, posters, and news articles from the eighteenth century through the present, underlining the strength of elephant as an enduring symbol of the American experience.

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DK Eyewitness Croatia Dorling Kindersley UK

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Discover Croatia with this essential travel guide, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to this beautiful country before you've even packed your case - walk the marble streets of Dubrovnik, dip your toe in the azure waters of the Dalmatian Coast, tuck into pasta in Split or marvel at waterfalls in Plitvice Lakes National Park. The DK Eyewitness Guide to Croatia covers the must-see sights and the hidden backstreets, so you won't miss a thing.- Gorgeous, all-new colour photography so you can imagine yourself there- Reasons to love Croatia: incredible architecture, natural wonders, breathtaking beaches - what will yours be?- See Croatia from a different angle - 24 pages of fresh ideas for exploring this spectacular country- A year-long calendar of events in Croatia gives a selection of celebrations and festivals for all seasons- Expert advice covers the practical stuff: get ready, get around and stay safe- Detailed, colour maps help you navigate the country with ease- Expert tips to make memories that last - where to snap and share the perfect photo, take in stunning views and escape the crowds- The most authentic places to stay, eat, drink and shop- Easy-to-follow walks and itineraries cover the whole country, with plenty of eat and drink stops en route- Hand-drawn illustrations show the inside of the must-see attractions, including Pula's Roman amphitheatre, Palaca of the Diocletian and Porec's Euphrasian Basilica.- Covers Istria and the Kvarner Area, Dalmatia, Zagreb, Central Croatia, Slavonia and Baranja, and the Northern Counties.DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Croatia is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you create your own unique trip.On a shorter trip? Try our DK Eyewitness Top 10 Dubrovnik.About DK Eyewitness Travel: For 25 years, DK's beautifully practical Eyewitness guides have been combining inspiring ideas and expert advice with easy-to-read maps and vivid photography to inform and enrich your holiday. This year they have been given a stunning new look that you will love even more. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

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Shadow of the Sun Penguin

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'Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist'. Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In a study that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. It is both a sustained meditation on the mosaic of peoples and practises we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination, from the intoxications of freedom, from war and from politics as theft. The Beginning: Collision, Ghana 1958 More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun. Just yesterday, an autumnal London was drenched in rain. The airplane drenched in rain. A cold, wind, darkness. But here, from the morning

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"Left-Wing" Communism, an Infantile Disorder SCIENCE MARXIST

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Lost & Found Random House Publishing

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An enduring account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Our lives do indeed deserve and reward the kind of honest, gentle, brilliant scrutiny Schulz brings to bear on her own life. The book is profound and beautiful. Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping and GileadONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Vogue, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Esquire, Chicago Review of Books, Town & Country, Electric Lit, The Rumpus, Lit HubEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz s beloved father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery from the maddening disappearance of everyday objects to the sweeping devastations of war, pandemic, and natural disaster; from finding new planets to falling in love.Three very different American families form the heart of Lost & Found: the one that made Schulz s father, a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; the one that made her partner, an equally brilliant farmer s daughter and devout Christian; and the one she herself makes through marriage. But Schulz is also attentive to other, more universal kinds of conjunction: how private happiness can coexist with global catastrophe, how we get irritated with those we adore, how love and loss are themselves unavoidably inseparable. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief.A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kathryn Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Crafted with the emotional clarity of C. S. Lewis and the intellectual force of Susan Sontag, Lost & Found is an uncommon book about common experiences.

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Blood of the Isles Transworld Publ. Ltd UK

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Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today. In 54BC, Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where had they come from and how long had they been there? When the Romans eventually left five hundred years later, they were succeeded by invasions of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Did these successive invasions obliterate the genetic legacy of the Celts, or have very little effect? After two decades tracing the genetic origins of peoples from all over the world, Bryan Sykes has now turned the spotlight on his own back yard. In a major research programme, the first of its kind, he set out to test the DNA of over 10,000 volunteers from across Britain and Ireland with the specific aim of answering this very question: what is our modern genetic make-up and what does it tell us of our tribal past? Are the modern people of the Isles a delicious genetic cocktail?Or did the invaders keep mostly to themselves forming separate genetic layers within the Isles? As his findings came in, Bryan Sykes discovered that the genetic evidence revealed often very different stories to the conventional accounts coming from history and archaeology. "Blood of the Isles" reveals the nature of our genetic make-up as never before and what this says about our attitudes to ourselves, each other, and to our past. It is a gripping story that will fascinate and surprise with its conclusions.

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Twenty Years After - Alexandre Dumas

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Opis - A year after the publication of The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas produced a sequel worthy in every respect of the original. In Twenty Years After the much beloved D'Artaganan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis reunite to fight the forces of evil. In the original novel they defeated Milady, a formidable foe; now they need to face her vengeful son Mordaunt, as well as countering the machinations of the sinister Cardinal Mazarin. Their adventures also take them to England, where Cromwell is about to topple Charles I. Meanwhile, they must overcome the obstacles which the passing of time has placed between them. Rediscovering strength in unity, they fight for Queen and country. The Musketeer novels were a huge success in Dumas' own lifetime, and have lost none of their original appeal. Translated into many languages and adapted for cinema and television, they have helped to make Dumas arguably the most successful exporter of French culture to the wider world. Our edition is based on the William Robson translation first published by Routledge in 1856. Nazwa - Twenty Years After Autor - Alexandre Dumas Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Wordsworth Kod ISBN - 9781840221633 Kod EAN - 9781840221633 Rok wydania - 2009 Język - angielski Format - 12.5x19.5cm Ilość stron - 686 Podatek VAT - 5%

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Warmia Mazury - Olgierd Budrewicz

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Opis - Varmia and Masuria are as if a godsend bestowed on Warsaw. The Second World War treated Poland's capital very roughly indeed; so it was something of a surprise that it also granted this city a special boon " thanks to the shift of borders " the immediate vicinity of Varmia and Masuria, a land of great beauty. This country full of water, forests, ancient castles, churches, and guildhalls, fish and fowl, is simply a stone's throw away. So in summer swarms of holidaymakers head north. We all have our own, different idea of this land of a thousand lakes. Some remember it as a place crammed with white sails; others recall the tug on the fishing-line they felt here; still others are fascinated by the cormorants and black storks which, along with the white flocks and the Masurian swans, live here in a phenomenal black-and-white bird sanctuary. An extraordinary vegetation and animal world may be encountered here on the marshes and peat-bogs; the fields full of flowers, the huge forests, and the aquatic world of the lakes are all so exciting. There's something for everyone here. This region can rightly be called Poland's paradise for recreation, indeed there are very few places in Europe to match it for an unspoiled natural environment. Nazwa - Warmia Mazury Oryginalny tytuł - Warmia Mazury Autor - Olgierd Budrewicz Oprawa - Twarda Wydawca - Bosz Kod ISBN - 8387730491 Kod EAN - 9788387730499 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2013 Język - polski, angielski Tłumacz - Bałtuk-Ulewiczowa Teresa Format - 21.0x28.0cm Ilość stron - 80 Podatek VAT - 5%

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Incarnations A History of India in 50 Lives - Khilnani Sunil

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Opis - 'Incarnations makes the mind fly across time, place and history. You may smile as, mentally, you walk alongside Khilnani up some flinty slope. You will keep thinking about what he said long after' Daily Telegraph For all of India's myths, its sea of stories and moral epics, Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place. Sunil Khilnani's Incarnations fills that space: recapturing the human dimension of how the world's largest democracy came to be. In this stunningly illustrated and deeply researched book, accompanying his major BBC Radio 4 series, Khilnani explores the lives of 50 Indians, from the spiritualist Buddha to the capitalist Dhirubhai Ambani - lives that light up India's rich, varied past and its continuous ferment of ideas. Khilnani's trenchant portraits of emperors, warriors, philosophers, poets, stars, and corporate titans - some famous, some unjustly forgotten - bring feeling, wry humour, and uncommon insight to social dilemmas that extend from ancient times to our own. As he journeys across the country, and through its past, Khilnani uncovers more than just history.In rocket launches and ayurvedic call centres, in slum temples and Bollywood studios, in California communes and grimy ports, he examines the continued, and often surprising, relevance of the men and women who have made India - and the world - what it is. Their stories will inform, move and entertain this book's many readers. Nazwa - Incarnations A History of India in 50 Lives Autor - Khilnani Sunil Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9780141981437 Kod EAN - 9780141981437 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - angielski Format - 12.9x19.8cm Ilość stron - 528 Podatek VAT - 5%

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How to Stand Up to a Dictator HarperCollins

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Introduction by Amal ClooneyFrom the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Philippine journalism site Rappler comes this inspiring memoir that chronicles her career fighting fascism and those who helping to spread it, filled with insights and advice for standing against authoritarian bullies and confronting disinformation and lies.What will you sacrifice for the truth?Journalist Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power, challenging corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by the government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, made her an enemy of her country's most powerful man: President Duterte.Hounded by the state and its allies using the legal system to silence her, accused of numerous crimes, and charged with cyberlibel for which she was found guilty, Ressa faces years in prison and thousands in fines. At a time when authoritarian threats to the free press and democracy are growing around the world, Ressa's cause has been embraced by world leaders, including Hilary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Amal Clooney, as well as all who cherish journalistic freedom. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts, and how a social media exploded an "atom bomb" online that is killing our freedoms. Ressa maps a network of disinformation-a heinous web of cause and effect-that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars to America's Capitol Hill; Britain's Brexit to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare; Facebook and Silicon Valley to our own clicks and votes.Told from the frontline of this critical digital war-a battle that threatens to engulf America itself-How to Stand Up to a Dictator is an urgent cry for us to recognize and understand the danger before it is too late.

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Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka Wersja angielska The Wieliczka Salt Mine - Paweł Zechenter

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Opis - At present the Mine has nine levels, 245 km of galleries and 2391 chambers. Available for touring are only the most beautiful and valuable areas with the Tourist Route, Mining Route and the Wieliczka Mine's Trail of Secrets. In 1978, the 'Wieliczka' Salt Mine was included among the first 12 objects from all over world in the UNESCO Heritage List. Every year there are more than one million visitors from the country and abroad. It is not an overstatement if we say that the fame of the Mine reaches the most remote places in the world, because amongst its visitors there are guests from such countries as Tuvalu, Bolivia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Cote d'Ivoire, Maldives or Sri Lanka. A tourist attraction, a sanctuary, a spa, a ballroom, a concert hall, a venue of cultural and sports events, a place of relaxation for whole families - these are all the 'faces' of the Mine in Wieliczka. The underground is alive with activity. The merger of tradition and modernity allows not only to tour the historic spaces, but also to organize in them various unique events, such as the underground balloon flight which was listed in the Guinness Book of Records, a boxing gala, or concerts of opera music. There are unique places in the world which stir our imagination, inspire us and amaze. A visit to the Mine is at the same time J. Verne's journey to the centre of the Earth and an admiring glimpse of J.R.R. Tolkien's Moria. Depending on what one wish to do a stay in the Mine may become a visit to the underground city with shops, a restaurant, a playground and Wi-Fi or an exciting adventure, during which daredevils impersonate miners and get acquainted with the world of salt by the dim light of miners'lamps. It happens sometimes, however, that words are insufficient to convey the beauty and the atmosphere of these unmatched places. At such moments photography comes to 'rescue'. Masterly photographs not only make the time stand still, but they also reflect the atmosphere of the captured moments. In this album an eminent photographer, Paweł Zechenter, shows his own journey to the very heart of the Mine in Wieliczka. Page after page he leads us along the Tourist Route and the Mining Route, discovering for us their unique beauty stemming from centuries of human work and millions of years of nature's creative activity. I would like to invite you to get acquainted with the 'Wieliczka' Salt Mine as seen with Paweł Zechenter's eyes. Nazwa - Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka Wersja angielska The Wieliczka Salt Mine Autor - Paweł Zechenter Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Dr Lex Kod ISBN - 9788379220007 Kod EAN - 9788379220007 Rok wydania - 2014 Język - angielski Format - 22.0x23.0cm Ilość stron - 80 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2013-11-30

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How the Word Is Passed Little, Brown Book Group

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - which offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping a nation's collective history, and our own. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it.It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our most essential stories are hidden in plain view - whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth or entire neighbourhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply imprinted.How the Word is Passed is a landmark book that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of the United States. Chosen as a book of the year by President Barack Obama, The Economist, Time, the New York Times and more, fans of Brit(ish) and Natives will be utterly captivated. What readers are saying about How the Word is Passed:'How the Word Is Passed frees history, frees humanity to reckon honestly with the legacy of slavery.We need this book.' Ibram X. Kendi, Number One New York Times bestselling author'An extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.' Julian Lucas, New York Times Book Review'The detail and depth of the storytelling is vivid and visceral, making history present and real.' Hope Wabuke, NPR'This isn't just a work of history, it's an intimate, active exploration of how we're still constructing and distorting our history." Ron Charles, The Washington Post'In re-examining neighbourhoods, holidays and quotidian sites, Smith forces us to reconsider what we think we know about American history.' Time'A history of slavery in this country unlike anything you've read before.' Entertainment Weekly'A beautifully written, evocative, and timely meditation on the way slavery is commemorated in the United States.' Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

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