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Maria Sonia Cristoff: False Calm / B

False Calm

A Journey Through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia

“Here is a writer with a rare gift for appreciation and for reminding us of all we have to celebrate in our fractured world.”&nbsp;—Pico Iyer, author of 
The Half Known Life Behind the scenes of a globe-spanning career in freelance journalism Foreword by Tim Cahill A Crooked Line celebrates an age when print journalism changed lives and made the world a better place. That era may be winding down, but this perceptive book makes the case for why incisive writing will always matter. Over the course of his 40-year career, Michael Shapiro has reported from more than 20 countries, writing for National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and many other top publications. But the itinerant writer’s life, while rewarding, has never been easy.
 
Shapiro worked as an investigative reporter and staff writer for San Francisco Bay Area newspapers before letting go of a regular paycheck and setting out to share stories of people and places worldwide. The exhilarations of the open road, “afoot and light-hearted” as Whitman wrote, were tempered by the challenges of freelancing, from making a living to working with heavy-handed editors.
 
His stories put people first: For a feature about Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria, he visited farmers who spoke of shifting from exporting produce to growing food for local people. His profile of a Yosemite photographer, who climbed Half Dome after being diagnosed with cancer, brought the man’s big-hearted humanity to the fore.
 
Shapiro is known as a travel writer, but his work goes far beyond global dispatches. In this book he shares stories of: <ul><li>saving Sunset magazine’s priceless archive of Western life (including photos made by Ansel Adams) after Time Inc. told staffers to toss everything into a dumpster</li><li>an investigation into the U.S. government’s attempt to conceal the circumstances of pro football star and soldier Pat Tillman’s death during the war in Afghanistan</li><li>writing a tribute about environmental hero Jane Goodall just hours after she died</li><li>how the Grateful Dead’s ecstatic songs celebrate the wonders of nature.</li></ul>Renowned for his books of conversations with writers and artists, A Sense of Place and The Creative Spark, Shapiro has interviewed David Sedaris, Amy Tan, Smokey Robinson, Joan Rivers, Frances Mayes and Peter Matthiessen. In this volume, he tells the story of how he convinced a reluctant Paul Theroux to agree to an interview and shares an in-depth dialogue with poet and philosopher David Whyte. A Crooked Line highlights Shapiro’s best journalism and includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes about how he pitched stories and got assignments worldwide. Postscripts detail what happened afterward; some include letters from people he wrote about, sharing what his coverage meant to them. Due to the dramatic changes in the journalistic landscape, a career like Shapiro’s couldn’t begin today. Yet the skills he honed as a journalist—empathetic listening, concise and evocative writing, and a keen sense of what matters—remain as relevant as ever. The tales and insights in A Crooked Line provide a timely affirmation of journalism’s enduring power to illuminate the human experience. This penetrating book reminds us that whatever life path we choose, it’s vital to make it our own.

The Perils and Rewards of a Life in Freelance Journalism

A Crooked Line

Scotland's sauna culture blends Nordic tradition and Celtic practices, healing through heat rituals, saunas, and land remedies. Immerse yourself in Scotland's sauna culture. Saunaland is a love story - between flame and forest, sweat and salt, person and place. It explores the deep, healing rituals of sauna culture, rooted in Nordic tradition and Celtic practices, rediscovered and reimagined in the untamed beauty of Scotland's wild. As well as showcasing many of the best saunas in a variety of stunning locations, from island sweathouses to modern mountainside saunas, the book is woven with stories, history and health wisdom, inviting you to explore the rituals of heat and the remedies of land, such as foraged salt scrubs and botanical wraps of heather, birch and seaweed.

Scotland's Wild Sauna Culture

Saunaland

The first book to address the deeply interrelated issues of press freedom, access to information and media ethics in Africa, this comprehensive overview offers comparative analyses of, and practical solutions for, fragile and emerging democracies on the continent. The book draws on rich empirical data, anecdotes and interviews from across Africa, bringing them into dialogue with European and American contexts. It offers a comparative conceptual scheme that encompasses key actors and policy areas across African countries. Additionally, it analyzes the African digital media environment through foundational ethical theories from the Global North and Global South, including deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, Ubuntu and communitarianism. The book offers a go-to resource for upper-level students, journalists, policymakers and other practitioners.

Trends, Challenges, and Prospects

Press Freedom, Access to Information, and Media Ethics in Africa

Only edition in print After leaving his job with the BBC Eastern Service in November 1943, George Orwell became literary editor of Tribune magazine, penning a regular column called "As I Please" between 3rd December 1943 and 4th April 1947. Encompassing political opinion, literary criticism and social critique, Orwell's editorials represent an invaluable commentary on the major cultural issues that preoccupied Britain during and after the war. Collected here in one volume, and fully annotated, these opinion pieces showcase Orwell's polemical brilliance and cement his reputation as one of the finest journalists and literary writers in the English language.

Annotated Edition

As I Please

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Get to the good stuff fast with DK's Top 10 pocket guidesPerfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Venice is your essential Venice travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city's highlights, so you can spend less time researching and more time exploring. It's compact and easy to carry, too, and filled with expert tips and clear maps to guide you on the go.Inside this Venice guide book you'll find:- Top 10 lists covering the must-sees and must-dos - from the Basilica of San Marco to a cruise down the Grand Canal - Venice's best areas to explore, including San Marco, Dorsoduro, and Cannaregio - Recommendations for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping - Themed lists including churches, museums and galleries, local dishes, and more - Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a weekend break - Laminated pull-out city map, plus detailed area maps for easy navigationFor longer trips and more on Venice's culture, history, and attractions, pair this pocket guide with our classic DK Venice and the Veneto travel guide.

Top 10 lists for your perfect trip, plus an all-weather folded map

DK Top 10 Venice

Auf der Suche nach echtem Geschmack, einem Gefühl von Heimat und mir selbst | Roadtrip, Rezepte und Reflexion | Authentisches Italien mit der signora.pomodora

Mit der Ape durch Italien

An on-the-ground study of junior police academies--contentious school-police partnerships that provide educational resources, career opportunities, and hope for social mobility. Some might see police officers as benevolent sources of protection, but in many communities, they are often perceived as a threat due to a legacy of violent interactions and arrests for arbitrary offenses. How, then, do police sustain their presence in places where people might distrust them? In Kid Cops, sociologist Mai Thai offers one answer: junior police academies, high school programs in which police officers provide courses, mentorship, and job training to students in communities with high rates of juvenile delinquency and poverty. These school-police partnerships have expanded rapidly in the United States over the last few decades, largely in response to political unrest and police violence in the 1990s. Programs vary in their offerings, but they generally aim to ease tensions between communities and law enforcement, while also providing needed resources in neighborhoods where education and job opportunities are scarce. Kid Cops draws on years of observations and interviews with educators, police officers, and, of course, kids. The junior police programs at each high school may have different emphases, but their common goal is for students to graduate from high school and enter college or the workforce. A second goal of the program is to cultivate a positive image of the police. Ultimately, however, Thai finds that these programs tighten the relationship between marginalized youth, schools, and the criminal justice system and strain the students' relationships with their peers, families, and each other. These programs also distract residents from systemic issues of policing and suppress opportunities for meaningful change. Written in an accessible tone that balances the seriousness of inequality with the playfulness of the study's youth, Kid Cops moves beyond the narrative of detentions, suspensions, and arrests to tell a less conventional story about police in schools. It asks, does good, friendly policing exist--especially if it continues to tether low-income communities of color to the criminal justice system?

What Communities Gain and Lose from Junior Police in Schools

Kid Cops

Real-life stories of mothers and daughters - of what we inherit, what we bury and what we, finally, find the courage to say - by the award-winning New Yorker staff writer.'She is simply brilliant' Anne Enright 'A beautiful, thoughtful and probing writer' Daisy JohnsonYou Won't Get Free of It tells the stories of mothers and daughters searching for each other and for themselves. Aviv explores the complexity of this relationship in seven essays, six originally published in the New Yorker and reconceived for this intimate, revelatory book.Aviv writes about one mother searching for her vanished daughter; another who sacrifices herself for her daughters by working as a nanny for other people's children. In the final story, a daughter's traumatic experience is erased by her family, only to be recast by her mother, the writer Alice Munro, in stories celebrated around the world.You Won't Get Free of It is an astonishing exploration of the competing dynamics of knowing and unknowing, recognition and refusal, that shape our most foundational relationship.PRAISE FOR STRANGERS TO OURSELVES'An arresting work of profound empathy and insight' Patrick Radden Keefe 'Combines the poise of Janet Malcolm and the confessional bravery of Joan Didion' Vogue 'Profoundly intelligent' Guardian

Stories of Mothers and Daughters

You Won’t Get Free of It

Travel Guide

Your essential New Orleans travel guide Sip classic cocktails at a jazz club, join in the fun at Mardi Gras, or take a stroll along the legendary Bourbon Street - New Orleans makes for an unforgettable trip. If you want to see the very best of a place (plus a few surprises along the way), DK's New Orleans travel guide is the one for you. Every page is designed to inspire you and make planning easy, with travel ideas, easy-to-follow itineraries, and detailed area-by-area chapters so you can experience New Orleans your way, whatever you're into. Inside this updated New Orleans guide book, you'll find: - our expert pick of New Orleans's must-see sights and top experiences - beautiful photography and iconic cutaway illustrations that put you inside the city's hot spots - clear, dependable maps and easy-to-follow walking tours - inspiring itineraries to match your time, interests, and pace - cultural insights that bring New Orleans' history and traditions to life - tips on the best places to eat, drink, shop, and stay - detailed area-by-area chapters, covering all parts of New Orleans - practical advice: get ready, get around, and stay safe With DK, planning feels like part of the adventure. Whether it's your first trip or your fifth, our New Orleans travel guide book will help you make every day as memorable as the next. Want the best of New Orleans in your pocket? Try Top 10 New Orleans.

Must-See Sights. Culture & History. Detailed Maps & Tours. Covers Bourbon Street, French Quarter, & more

DK New Orleans

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Argentine Freedom
 is the first account of the most disruptive figure in Argentine history since the nation’s return to democracy. In just a few years, Javier Milei rose from television economist and social media provocateur to president of a country long defined by crisis, state intervention, and political polarization. His ascent has sparked fierce debate at home and abroad: Is Milei a threat to democracy, a neo-conservative, or the herald of a much larger revival of the classical liberal tradition?
 
 The book provides a balanced examination of Milei’s rise to power. Rather than judging his policies, economic historian Sebastián Álvarez and political philosopher Ezequiel Spector ask a deeper set of questions: Where do Milei’s ideas come from? How do they relate to Argentina’s liberal tradition and its history of populism, socialism, and authoritarianism? And what does his presidency reveal about the tensions between liberty, equality, and democracy in the twenty-first century?&nbsp;
 
 Blending economic history, political philosophy, and contemporary analysis,&nbsp;
 Argentine Freedom
 traces Argentina’s long ideological arc from the liberal foundations of the 1853 Constitution, through Peronism, military rule, neoliberal reform, and the interventionist turn after the 2001 collapse, to the two liberal “waves” that culminated in Milei’s election. Along the way, it unpacks the meanings of liberalism and libertarianism, contrasts them with their main rivals, and situates Milei within both national history and a broader global surge of anti-establishment leaders.
 
 The resulting book offers a new way to understand Javier Milei as a political actor—and Argentina as a country once again at a crossroads.
 Sebastián Álvarez
 is Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile and Associate Researcher at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. His work explores the history of finance and banking in Latin America, with particular attention to how capital markets shape economic policy and international relations. He is the author of 
 Mexican Banks and Foreign Finance
 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
 Ezequiel Spector
 is Research Professor and Director of the Master of Arts program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile. He is the author of 
 Freedom as Social Cooperation
 &nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).

Javier Milei and the Libertarian Wave

Argentine Freedom

'A beautifully written work of startling brilliance' IRVINE WELSH 'The height of crafted eloquence' SAMANTHA HARVEY 'Both gripping and consoling' SARAH PERRY There is something special about the night. For many, dusk and evening conjure thoughts of starlit skies, romance, bedtime stories and rest. For others, the small hours mean fear, vulnerability and sleeplessness. At night things go bump, the familiar world becomes mysterious and uncanny; owls and bats take wing, foxes prowl. With new material delving deeper into all things nocturnal, Overnight is a hymn to nighttime wildlife, travel, dreams and art. Along the way, Dan Richards meets a fascinating array of people who labour while the rest of us sleep, and brings their work into the light. From night terror chills to the warmth of dawn on the summer solstice, Overnight will change the way you think about the hours after dark.

Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark

Overnight

False Calm

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