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Chador e tagli punk, feste clandestine e preghiere del venerdì, musica rock e misticismo religioso, poesia sufi e blog su Internet, disoccupazione e voglia di fuggire all'estero. Il 70% della popolazione iraniana ha meno di 30 anni e non ha partecipato alla rivoluzione che ha dato origine alla Repubblica...

James Madison (Spanish)

The events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the...

Slavery or freedom? The question of whether to make the United States a slave country or to make all people free was the question that pitted the states against each other in a brutal battle. In The Civil War: The Struggle that Divided America, readers ages 12-15 explore this conflict through the...

How do countries work together? Running a country requires hard work. There is a lot involved. That includes making laws that help people do the right thing. When leaders work together, their countries benefit. This engaging book introduces students to the concepts of diplomacy, government, and foreign...

A proposta de leitura desta obra-prima totalmente social intitulada TRIBO CARA BAIXA – Uma reflexão contra o vazio da vida digital. Abrirá a porta do jogo entre a expansão do mundo virtual e a degradação da vida real e sobretudo falará da civilização humana que vem se adaptando ao novo jeito...

Genova, G8, luglio 2001. La ribellione contro la mercificazione del mondo è sul punto di coagularsi in un movimento internazionale organizzato che neppure la repressione poliziesca sembra poter fermare. Ma l’estate della sommossa è destinata a spegnersi in un autunno precoce: l’11 settembre...

Americans with darker skin colors have often faced discrimination in the United States. Hispanic Americans, like other minority groups, have had to fight to be treated fairly. Today, there are millions of Hispanics in the country, spread across every state of the nation. They are the fastest growing...

La Constitución y la Carta de Derechos

Tecnologia - saggio (94 pagine) - La gentilezza per le relazioni nell’era digitale, per recuperare lentezza, attenzione verso sé stessi e gli altri, la buona educazione e le buone maniere. Trattarsi bene e trattare bene non dovrebbe essere né difficile né complicato. Neppure quando la...

The mighty Soviets were the favorites to win hockey gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics. But a team of U.S. college players had other ideas. The stunning upset of the Soviet hockey team by the young Americans has been called the greatest moment in international hockey. And to many people the victory was...

From his childhood in the segregated South to his final fight with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali never backed down. He was banned from boxing during his prime because he refused to fight in Vietnam. He became a symbol of the antiwar movement - and a defender of civil rights. As "The Greatest,"...

Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison—the first African-American woman to ever go to space—with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.” Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut!...

In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the sinking of the Titanic.