Angela Jackson

THE DARING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EMERGENCE OF JUDY TAYLORWhen Mark Darling is fifteen years old, he is the golden boy, captain of the school football team, admired by all who know him. Until he kills his best friend in a freak accident.He spends the next decade drifting between the therapy couch and dead-end pursuits. Then along comes Sadie. A mender by nature, she tries her best to fix him, and has enough energy to carry them both through the next few years.One evening, Mark bumps into an old schoolfriend, Ruby. She saw the accident first hand. He is pulled towards her by a force stronger than logic: the universal need to reconcile ones childhood wounds. This is his chance to, once again, feel the enveloping warmth of unconditional love. But can he leave behind the woman who rescued him from the pit of despair, the wife he loves? His unborn child?This is a story about how childhood experience can profoundly impact how we behave as adults. Its a story about betrayal, infidelity and how we often blinker ourselves to see a version of the truth that is more palatable to us.

¿Por qué arriesgaron sus vidas las jóvenes británicas en unidades médicas durante la Guerra Civil española? ¿Por qué en España, cuando podían encontrar causas dignas más cerca? Las respuestas a estas y otras intrigantes preguntas pueden hallarse en este libro. A traves de relatos orales y escritos, Angela Jackson analiza la interaccion entre las mujeres britanicas y la guerra en España, su motivacion, su implicacion y el efecto que la guerra tuvo en sus vidas. Estos temas se relacionan con otras cuestiones mas amplias, como la naturaleza de la memoria y el papel de las mujeres dentro de la esfera publica. El compromiso de estas mujeres sobrepaso con creces otros ejemplos de movilizacion femenina en Gran Bretaña en tiempos de paz. Este fenomeno puede ofrecer lecciones a quienes deseen alentar un mayor grado de interes en las mujeres respecto a las actividades politicas de hoy.

Judy Taylor married the first man who asked her. She lives in the neighbourhood where she spent her uneventful childhood. She still has the same friends she first met in primary school. But everything she once knew is about to be turned upside down.Judy might be ready to start a new life in vibrant Edinburgh, if shes prepared to accept what it means to change. First she has to ask herself if its ever too late to make up for lost time.The Emergence of Judy Taylor is a story about first loves and second chances. Its about love and life and sex and starlings. Its about Judy and Oliver and Paul and Fabiana and Rob and Min and Lily and Harry and a French siren called Isabella.

Els brigadistes entre nosaltres és el primer estudi que explora el període de relativa calma que va haver-hi abans de la batalla de l’Ebre, l’última gran batalla de la Guerra Civil espanyola. Després

«Els homes morien mentre jo era al seu costat. Era l’estiu i havien estat entrenant-se molt abans de creuar l’Ebre. Els seus cossos eren bruns i bonics. […] És tan difícil de fer un home, i tan fàcil

Durant la primavera de 1938 l'Exèrcit republicà es va assentar en diferents indrets de la comarca del Priorat per tal de refer-se del greu estat físic i psicològic després de l'ensulsiada del front d

A look back at the cultural and political force of Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, in celebration of her hundredth birthdayArtistRebelPioneerPulitzer-Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the great American literary icons of the twentieth century, a protege of Langston Hughes and mentor to a generation of poets, including Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, and Elizabeth Alexander.Her poetry took inspiration from the complex portraits of black American life she observed growing up on Chicagos Southsidea world of kitchenette apartments and vibrant streets. From the desk in her bedroom, as a child she filled countless notebooks with poetry, encouraged by the likes of Hughes and affirmed by Richard Wright, who called her work raw and real.Over the next sixty years, Brookss poetry served as witness to the stark realities of urban life: the evils of lynching, the murders of Emmett Till and Malcolm X, the revolutionary effects of the civil rights movement, and the burgeoning power of the Black Arts Movement. Critical acclaim and the distinction in 1950 as the first black person ever awarded a Pulitzer Prize helped solidify Brooks as a unique and powerful voice.Now, in A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun, fellow Chicagoan and award-winning writer Angela Jackson delves deep into the rich fabric of Brookss work and world. Granted unprecedented access to Brookss family, personal papers, and writing community, Jackson traces the literary arc of this artists long career and gives context for the world in which Brooks wrote and published her work. It is a powerfully intimate look at a once-in-a-lifetime talent up close, using forty-three of Brookss most soul-stirring poems as a guide.From trying to fit in at school (Forgive and Forget), to loving her physical self (To Those of My Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals), to marriage and motherhood (Maud Martha), to young men on her block (We Real Cool), to breaking history (Medgar Evers), to newfound acceptance from her community and her elevation to a surprising queenhood (The Wall), Brooks lived life through her work.Jackson deftly unpacks it all for both longtime admirers of Brooks and newcomers curious about her interior life. A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun is a commemoration of a writer who negotiated black womanhood and incomparable brilliance with a changing, restless worldan artistic maverick way ahead of her time.

DESCUBRE LAS 9 ESTRATEGIAS PARA CREAR MEJORES LUGARES DE TRABAJOEn una época caracterizada por la escasez de talento, la falta de compromiso de los empleados y la presión por obtener un retorno de la inversion cuantificable, este innovador libro sobre liderazgo ofrece una respuesta audaz: compartir el poder para impulsar el rendimiento.Por primera vez, la investigacion empirica de mas de 1 200 empresas, entre las que se incluyen Walmart, Google y JPMorgan Chase, cuantifica el impacto financiero de invertir en las personas. Angela Jackson nos revela los nueve pilares del metodo ganar-ganar:1. Centrarse en las voces de los empleados2. Crear lugares de trabajo mutualistas y de alta confianza3. Promover la inclusion interseccional4. Reimaginar los beneficios de los empleados5. Activar a los lideres de primera linea6. Contratar a STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes)7. Desarrollar una amplia reserva de talento8. Utilizar los informes de capital humano como estrategia competitiva9. Practicar el liderazgo distribuidoEsta guia practica para directores generales, directores, responsables de recursos humanos y gerentes demuestra como la equidad y los beneficios aumentan en conjunto cuando el liderazgo antepone a las personas.

Per què van arriscar les joves britàniques les seues vides en unitats mèdiques durant la Guerra Civil espanyola? Per què a Espanya, quan podien trobar causes dignes més a prop? Les respostes a aquest