Ergebnis für "Shelter" in Politik & Aktivismus

Raising a seven-year-old daughter and caring for a newborn, single mother Stephanie Land tries her best to persevere through fatigue, hunger, a depleted food stamp balance, and a bank account hovering around ten dollars. Not to mention postpartum hormones, anxiety over finding suitable housing, and the fear of defeat in the battle of fulfilling her children’s needs and forging her own identity as a writer. With the help of a community of friends and her own steely will, Stephanie is determined to find a way forward to a life that can afford her family hope and joy.

"Als Russland mein Land, die Ukraine, überfiel, flüchteten meine Eltern, mein Hund und ich in einen mir mehr als skurril erscheinenden Bombenschutzkeller. Und weil es dort WLAN gab und die Tage verdammt lange und auch langweilig waren, postete ich Videos, die mein neues Zuhause vorstellen sollten – manche davon gingen dann sogar um die Welt. Aber meine Geschichte ist eigentlich eine ganz andere: Es ist die eines jungen Mädchens voll mit großen Träumen, das die Welt entdecken wollte und den Krieg für einen schlechten Scherz hielt."

The inspiring true story of the first Girl Scout troop founded for and by girls living in a shelter in Queens, New York, and the amazing, nationwide response that it sparked “A powerful book full of powerful women.”—Chelsea Clinton Giselle Burgess was a young mother of five trying to...

Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a...