Titoli in Emigrazione e immigrazione

The life and legacy of pioneering international basketball superstar Hakeem Olajuwon, a two time NBA champion whose Hall of Fame career forever changed the game, both in the United States and around the globe—from the New York Times bestselling author of Giannis. It’s now the norm for NBA...

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan Al jaren zorgt het debat over migratie voor verdeeldheid binnen de wereldpolitiek en inmiddels lijkt de kloof groter dan ooit. De media tonen bijna wekelijks beelden van gevaarlijke overtochten op de Middellandse Zee en politici beloven de toestroom van migranten en asielzoekers in te perken. Anderen beweren dat we immigranten juist hard nodig hebben om groei en innovatie te stimuleren. Maar wat zijn de feiten achter de krantenkoppen, de beweringen van politici en de beslissingen die zij nemen?

From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families. “This love letter to intergenerational relationships opens every window and door to one’s heart... A healing work of art.” —Yesika Salgado, author of...

En este libro se cuenta la historia de una pequeña ciudad, con una terminal de autobuses en la que desaparecen los pasajeros. La mayoría son hombres jóvenes que viajan a Estados Unidos en busca de un mejor futuro. Van ligeros de equipaje y de dinero. Cada amanecer, cuando un camión llega a la parada, son bajados por la fuerza, llevados a brechas y asesinados. Por error, por capricho, porquesí. Porque los asesinos tienen permiso. Luego son arrojados a fosas clandestinas. Cuando en 2011 se descubrieron las tumbas, el gobierno reconoció los restos de 193 personas.

From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices. We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have...

“In this timeless book, President Kennedy shows how the United States has always been enriched by the steady flow of men, women, and families to our shores. It is a reminder that America’s best leaders have embraced, not feared, the diversity which makes America great.” —Former Secretary...

Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year “‘American history did not begin in the Northeast. It began in the Southwest,’ Parker asserts, in this sweeping history.” —The New Yorker A revelatory history that recenters the American story two-thousand miles west of Plymouth Rock, in El Paso...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, The Hungry Season is a “lyrical” narrative with "real suspense" (New York Times): a nonfiction drama that “reads like the best of...

A national bestseller! An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare, a White House aide to...

With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller spotlights couples around the world who confront frustrating immigration systems to be together—as she did to be with her husband. ​ We are told that love conquers all...

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review). ​ In late 2006, Saket Soni...

Kommt dir der oben genannte Satz bekannt vor oder zählst du dich möglicherweise zu der Personengruppe, die derzeit genauso denkt? Nun, dann bist du nicht allein! Jährlich wandern tausende Menschen in Deutschland aus, in der Hoffnung, auf ein schöneres, ein besseres und ein ruhigeres Leben in ihrer neu gewählten Wunschheimat. Und tatsächlich, viele deutsche Auswanderer geben an, sich in ihrer neu gewählten Wunschheimat wohler und besser zu fühlen, als sie es in Deutschland taten.

This deeply personal perspective from a human rights lawyer—whose work on the front lines of the fight against family separations in South Texas intertwines with his own story of immigrating to the United States at thirteen—reframes the United States' history as a nation of immigrants but...

From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a groundbreaking reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threated by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration...

An unlikely friendship, a four-thousand-mile voyage, and an impenetrable frontier—this dramatic odyssey reveals the chaos and cruelty US immigration policies have unleashed beyond our borders. Axel Kirschner was a lifelong New Yorker, all Queens hustle and bravado. But he was also undocumented...

Seenotrettung hautnah - an der tödlichsten Meeresgrenze der Welt. Im Frühsommer 2021 half Tobias Schlegl für mehrere Wochen als Notfallsanitäter bei der Seenotrettung Geflüchteter vor der Küste Libyens - und es wurden dramatische Wochen für die Crew und ihn. Erst Schwierigkeiten bei Übungseinsätzen und das bange Warten auf den ersten Einsatz, dann: Notrufe, Verfolgungsjagden mit der libyschen "Küstenwache", Menschen im Wasser, Menschen, die an Bord bewusstlos zusammenbrechen. Schließlich die quälende Suche nach einem sicheren Hafen für die mehr als 400 Geretteten.

Gerónimo González Garza cruzó la frontera de México con Estados Unidos por primera vez en 1969. Desde entonces y hasta principios de los noventa, cuando finalmente se asentó legalmente en Texas, con su esposa e hijos, llevó una vida nómada. En Estados Unidos encontró oportunidades que nunca tuvo en su país. También encontró su voz. Como un sordomudo que no ha aprendido el lenguaje de señas, la frontera noreste del país carece de un lenguaje propio en estos tiempos de guerra. Y sin lenguaje, el pensamiento y la libertad se desvanecen.

Una colección de 35 ensayos y poemas audaces, importantes e innovadores de inmigrantes, refugiados y soñadores, incluidos escritores, artistas y activistas galardonados, que iluminan la experiencia de vivir sin documentos. Durante este tiempo de inestabilidad política e incertidumbre, esta...

Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life living in poverty in Greece to his inspiring rise to super-stardom in America. As the face of the NBA's new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of...