Ergebnis für "Hope" in Popularkultur

From the creator of Under The Desk News comes a blend of history, politics, and commentary exploring the hot-button issues of America’s past and present, and how we’ve solved them, showing readers that regardless of our current times there’s always hope for a better future. During the...

Unearth the gripping historical mystery of a cursed gemstone that toppled royal dynasties and fueled tragic wealth. Perfect for your daily commute, this dramatic true story sweeps you from the violent creation of rare blue diamonds deep within the Earth to the cutthroat colonial trade routes of...

Dive into a gripping historical mystery detailing how a rare blue gem became humanity's most infamous cursed object. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric journey spans from the crushing geological depths of early Earth to the glittering, scandal-ridden courts of European royalty...

How did powder and paint, once scorned as immoral, become indispensable to millions of respectable women? How did a "kitchen physic", as homemade cosmetics were once called, become a multibillion-dollar industry? And how did men finally take over that rarest of institutions, a woman's business? In Hope in a Jar, historian Kathy Peiss gives us the first full-scale social history of America's beauty culture.

Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world’s cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives. Human mobility, dominated for a...

Herman J. (1897–1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture’s only Academy Award. Joe earned the second pair of his four Oscars for writing and...

One cannot turn on the news today without a report on an extreme-weather event or the latest update on Antarctica. But while our politicians argue, the truth is that climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples, who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life. 

This innovative history explores the rich tradition of music behind bars and shows how policing and prisons have shaped our musical culture from blues to hip-hop. In American popular music, we often glorify rebellious artists and “outlaws.” But in The Midnight Special, Colin Asher tells a...

An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe turns American Girl dolls―and the ever-growing ecosystem surrounding them―inside out. Editors Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith, along with an expansive list of contributors, explore Pleasant Company...