Linda Gordon Bücher

Winner of the 2010 Bancroft Prize and finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography: The definitive biography of a heroic chronicler of America's Depression and one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers.

Prologue: From Equal Rights to Democratic Equality -- Part I Citizens of the World -- Sitting at the Common Table -- A Higher 'Standard of Life' for the World -- Part II Dreams Deferred -- A 'Parliament of Working Women' -- Social Justice Under Siege -- Pan-Internationalisms -- Part III New Deals -- Social Democracy, American-Style -- Women's New Deal for the World -- Part IV Universal Declarations -- Wartime Journeys -- Intertwined Freedoms -- Cold War Advances -- Part V Redreamings -- The Pivotal Sixties -- Sisters and Resisters -- Epilogue: Of the Many, By the Many, For the Many -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection An urgent examination into the revived Klan of the 1920s becomes “required reading” for our time (New York Times Book Review). Extraordinary national acclaim accompanied the publication of award-winning historian Linda Gordon’s disturbing and markedly timely history of the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. Dramatically challenging our preconceptions of the hooded Klansmen responsible for establishing a Jim Crow racial hierarchy in the 1870s South, this “second Klan” spread in states principally above the Mason-Dixon line by courting xenophobic fears surrounding the flood of immigrant “hordes” landing on American shores. “Part cautionary tale, part expose” (Washington Post), The Second Coming of the KKK “illuminates the surprising scope of the movement” (The New Yorker); the Klan attracted four-to-six-million members through secret rituals, manufactured news stories, and mass “Klonvocations” prior to its collapse in 1926—but not before its potent ideology of intolerance became part and parcel of the American tradition. A “must-read” (Salon) for anyone looking to understand the current moment, The Second Coming of the KKK offers “chilling comparisons to the present day” (New York Review of Books).

The book teaches young children about the importance of faith in God as a source of sustenance and support. It addresses the challenges children face in a world filled with uncertainties and adult fears, aiming to instill a sense of security through the understanding of a benevolent Creator. By introducing these concepts, it seeks to provide comfort and reassurance to young readers in a complex world.

Focusing on the themes of faith and reliance on a benevolent Creator, this book aims to help young children navigate life's uncertainties. It addresses the challenges children face today, such as fear and anxiety, by introducing them to the comforting idea that both humans and the universe depend on God for sustenance. Through its message, it seeks to provide reassurance and a sense of security in a world filled with adult concerns.

Problemem, jaki nastręcza życie w społeczeństwie dającym ci wolność jest to, że daje też ono wolność wszystkim innym. Życie Bena Ashwooda z osady Widoki miało swój rytm i porządek: warzenie 4 beczek piwa tygodniowo, wysłuchiwanie opowieści w gospodzie Pod Baranim Rogiem i doroczne walki na kije na Festynie z okazji Święta Wiosny. Nawet pojawienie się w okolicy krwiożerczego demona nie wprowadziło istotnych zmian w jego życiu. Co innego, pojawienie się Mistrza Mieczy i wyjątkowo poirytowanej czarodziejki. To wywróciło życie młodego Bena do góry nogami. I chociaż przygody, kiedy już jakaś rzeczywiście się zaczyna, wydają się znacznie bardziej przerażające niż w opowieściach, Ben postanowił wykorzystać swoją szansę i ruszyć na ich spotkanie. Przecież wróci, prawda? Wróci do swojego browaru, przyjaciół i ciepłego zapiecka. Być może, gdyby Ben wiedział, gdzie zawiedzie go ciekawość i żądza przygód, strach nie pozwoliłby mu uczynić pierwszego kroku. Na szczęście nie wiedział.