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In 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance, feminist author and activist Melissa Cardoza tells 13 stories about women from the Honduran resistance in the aftermath of the June 28th, 2009 coup against President Manuel Zelaya. On that day, led by a U.S.-trained General, the Honduran military barged in to the president''s house and took him in his pajamas into a helicopter, flying him first to a U.S. base in Honduras and then on to Costa Rica. It was the first coup of the 21st century in Central America. The military and Honduran oligarchy quickly imposed an interim government, undid most of the progressive reforms underway, and passed hundreds of concessions to corporate interests. To the surprise of the coup''s backers, however, thousands of people around the country spontaneously came out into the streets. Their numbers and the depth of their vision and commitment kept growing during hundreds of days of consecutive protest, with fearless women at the forefront. Melissa calls those the times "when protests were poetry in the streets." 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance is her most intimate and impactful work to date. It is a book about the multiple and intersectional identities of those who found each other in the streets through the resistance. It is a book about what they share, not just with each other but with all people who struggle for a more just world. Melissa weaves the stories of 13 women together in a way that leaves readers unfamiliar with the events surrounding the coup and resistance in Honduras convinced of their fundamental importance to liberation struggles everywhere. This bilingual edition is the product of collaboration with translator Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, who was introduced to the author by assassinated indigenous leader Berta C�ceres, to whom this edition is dedicated. ----En 13 Colores de la Resistencia Hondure�a, la luchadora feminista y autora Melissa Cardoza cuenta 13 historias de mujeres de la resistencia hondure�a despu�s del golpe de Estado del 28 de julio de 2009 en contra del Presidente Manuel Zelaya. Ese d�a, los militares hondure�os allanaron la casa del Presidente y lo llevaron en pijamas a un helic�ptero, pasando primero por una base militar de EE.UU. en Honduras y luego a Costa Rica. Dirigidos por el General Hondure�o Romeo V�squez Vel�squez, entrenado en la Escuela de las Am�ricas en EE.UU., llevaron a cabo el primer golpe de Estado del siglo veintiuno en Centroam�rica. Los militares y la oligarqu�a hondure�a r�pidamente impusieron un gobierno interino, deshicieron la mayor parte de las reformas progresivas que hab�an empezado y aprobaron cientos de concesiones para las empresas privadas. Pero los golpistas fueron sorprendidos cuando miles de personas en todo el pa�s salieron espont�neamente a las calles. El n�mero de gente, as� como la profundidad de su visi�n y compromiso durante cientos de d�as de movilizaci�n consecutiva, continuaron creciendo con mujeres valientes siempre en las primeras filas. Melissa describe esa etapa como los tiempos "cuando las manifestaciones eran poes�a en las calles". 13 Colores de la Resistencia Hondure�a es su obra m�s �ntima e impactante hasta la fecha. Como sugiere el t�tulo, es un libro sobre las identidades plurales e interseccionales de quienes se encontraron en las calles por medio de la resistencia. Es un libro sobre lo que comparten, no solamente entre s�, sino con todos los pueblos que luchan por un mundo m�s justo. Melissa teje las historias de estas 13 mujeres juntas de tal forma que el lector o la lectora, sin conocimiento previo de los eventos del golpe de Estado y de la resistencia en Honduras, termina convencid@ de su importancia fundamental para las luchas de liberaci�n en todas partes. Esta edici�n biling�e es producto de una colaboraci�n con traductor Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, quien conoci� a la autora a trav�s de la lideresa ind�gena asesinada Berta C�ceres, a quien esta edici�n est� dedicada.
As a small boy, Alex becomes ensnared in the schemes of his mother, Cathlean, as she seeks to entrap a white British soldier, John, and “marry up” to improve her status in life. Her plan comes to fruition when John becomes obsessed with his black wife, marries her, then takes her and her son away from her native country of Belize to live in England. Cathlean becomes the society woman in England but begs her husband to return to Belize so she can show off her new status to her friends and fellow “good-time” girls. They return ten years later, but an unhappy Alex seeks solace in the arms of Sherrette. They fall head over heels but soon find their own problems as fast-paced revelations affect their fragile relationship. Told in a first-person view of life in Dangriga, Belize, young Alex’s story reflects on the color of his pain as he seems to bear the brunt of Cathlean’s selfish brand of pain that she calls love.
An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the definitive edition of a classic of contemporary America Based on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for feature writing and another for feature photography, this page-turner about the power of family is a popular text in classrooms and a touchstone for communities across the country to engage in meaningful discussions about this essential American subject. Enrique’s Journey recounts the unforgettable quest of a Honduran boy looking for his mother, eleven years after she is forced to leave her starving family to find work in the United States. Braving unimaginable peril, often clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains, Enrique travels through hostile worlds full of thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. But he pushes forward, relying on his wit, courage, hope, and the kindness of strangers. As Isabel Allende writes: “This is a twenty-first-century Odyssey. If you are going to read only one nonfiction book this year, it has to be this one.” Praise for Enrique’s Journey “Magnificent . . . Enrique’s Journey is about love. It’s about family. It’s about home.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] searing report from the immigration frontlines . . . as harrowing as it is heartbreaking.”—People (four stars) “Stunning . . . As an adventure narrative alone, Enrique’s Journey is a worthy read. . . . Nazario’s impressive piece of reporting [turns] the current immigration controversy from a political story into a personal one.”—Entertainment Weekly “Gripping and harrowing . . . a story begging to be told.”—The Christian Science Monitor “[A] prodigious feat of reporting . . . [Sonia Nazario is] amazingly thorough and intrepid.”—Newsday
War-on-terrorism veteran Jim Bear Kotah is war-weary and recovering from PTSD. He isolates himself from his Comanche family, their struggling buffalo ranch, and former girlfriend, Hunter ONeil, until the mysterious death of cousin Danny Big Elk propels him back to southwest Oklahoma. There, he must confront a swirl of ranchland issues created by family nemesis, Ramiro Jenkins. Too late, he discovers Jenkins has built a secret factory on the ranch to produce high-tech GPS-guided mortars with deadly range and accuracy for a Fourth of July terrorist boat attack in Galveston Bay. At stake are the lives of the entire Kotah clan and a significant part of Americas economic infrastructure. Bear battles his personal war trauma to alert his family and state and federal forces to stop Jenkinss devastating attack.