Resultados para "Heidi" en Política y activismo

Nach ihrer Ermordung am 7. Oktober 2006 wird die Journalistin Anna Politkowskaja auf einen Schlag zur weltweiten Symbolfigur für den Kampf um Gerechtigkeit und Meinungsfreiheit. Bis heute gilt sie als eine der wichtigsten Kritikerinnen von Putins Russland. In diesem Buch erzählt ihre Tochter zusammen mit der Journalistin Sara Giudice erstmals die Geschichte ihrer Mutter: persönlich, bewegend und erschreckend aktuell.

Vi kender alle historierne om kongerne – om politik og magt, om arvefølge, alliancer, rænkespil og skandaler. Men hvad med alle de kvinder, der gennem tiderne og udfordringerne stod ved deres side? Denne bog dykker ned i historien og mærker suset fra 600 års kvindelig kongehistorie med små biografier om dronninger og elskerinder – hvem var de, og hvad tænkte de egentlig? Mød alle de kvinder, der stod bag magten, hør deres historie, forstå den tid, de levede i, og lyt til deres stemme.

Heidi Kühn’s lifelong commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force - from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that threatened everything she held dear, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades - landmines - in regions as far-flung as Croatia, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

For fans of Jeannette Walls, Jodi Picoult, and Alice Sebold, a heartening memoir about a girl who survives abuse and molestation to become a powerful advocate against gun violence in America. The inspiring memoir of a woman who overcomes the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of her early life to blossom into a gun violence prevention activist.

At a time when the world waits anxiously to see what will happen next in Zimbabwe - when there is little food in the country's shops, life expectancy is plunging and Zimbabweans are fleeing repression and unemployment - this book gets to grips with the man at the helm of a corrupt regime; the man behind the monster. Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe the freedom fighter and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwe's president in December 2007, more than 30 years later.

En esta obra, una de las víctimas de Andrés Roemer recopila buena parte de las agresiones sexuales que ese comunicador perpetró a lo largo de los años, y las contextualiza con otros escándalos en los que ha estado envuelto.