political aspects

In the space of a hundred days, a million Tutsi in Rwanda were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbors. At the height of the genocide, as men with bloody machetes ransacked her home, Denise Uwimana gave birth to her third son. With the unlikely help of Hutu Good Samaritans, she and her children survived. Her husband and other family members were not as lucky. If this were only a memoir of those chilling days and the long, hard road to personal healing and freedom from her past, it would be remarkable enough. But Uwimana didn?t stop there. Leaving a secure job in business, she devoted the rest of her life to restoring her country by empowering other genocide widows to band together, tell their stories, find healing, and rebuild their lives. The stories she has uncovered through her work and recounted here illustrate the complex and unfinished work of truth-telling, recovery, and reconciliation that may be Rwanda?s lasting legacy. Rising above their nation?s past, Rwanda?s genocide survivors are teaching the world the secret to healing the wound of war and ethnic conflict.

"Blending reportage, family history, and intellectual adventure, [this book] explores how we can reimagine our politics and ourselves when reality seem to be coming apart"--Provided by publisher.

"Refugees are people who flee their home countries to escape danger. They often face many obstacles when they try to settle in a new country. Many refugees have to wait a long time before they are allowed in the country. Sometimes they are not welcomed. Today, many activists and organizations work to help refugees. Refugees explores the history of this issue and how it has evolved, including how people and laws are addressing it today"--Provided by the publisher.

". . . journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business"--Jacket flap.

"[The author] . . . shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe"--Provided by publisher.

The author chronicles his personal battle to raise awareness of climate change and places his story against the larger backdrop of the global battle to combat this issue. Alongside this theme is the author's story of a Vermont beekeeper producing his own honey and how this also reflects on the condition of the global climate.

"On the eve of International Women's Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for 37 days. The Feminist Five became a global cause celebre, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf, and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages"--Jacket flap.

" ... the Mueller inquiry focuses on Donald Trump, his presidential campaign, and Russian interference in the 2016 election, and draws on the testimony of dozens of witnesses and the work of some of the country's most seasoned prosecutors" -- Back of cover.

"As scientists try to discern what the Earth's changing weather patterns mean for our future, Rachel Rothschild seeks to understand the current scientific and political debates surrounding the environment through the history of another global environmental threat: acid rain"--Publisher.