Jailed for Freedom
Author : Doris Stevens
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Suffrage
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Author : Doris Stevens
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Suffrage
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Author : Rachel Kushner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476756600
TIME’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood—“gritty, empathic, finely rendered, no sugar toppings, and a lot of punches, none of them pulled”—and from Stephen King—“The Mars Room is the real deal, jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny.” It’s 2003 and Romy Hall, named after a German actress, is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: her young son, Jackson, and the San Francisco of her youth. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, portrayed with great humor and precision. Stunning and unsentimental, The Mars Room is “wholly authentic…profound…luminous” (The Wall Street Journal), “one of those books that enrage you even as they break your heart” (The New York Times Book Review, cover review)—a spectacularly compelling, heart-stopping novel about a life gone off the rails in contemporary America. It is audacious and tragic, propulsive and yet beautifully refined and “affirms Rachel Kushner as one of our best novelists” (Entertainment Weekly).
Author : Ohio Board of State Charities
Publisher :
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Prisons
ISBN :
Author : Mateo Hoke
Publisher :
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608469567
A collection of intimate portraits told directly by people whose lives have been devastated by solitary confinement in America.
Author : Rickie Solinger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520252497
"Striking, original, and stimulating. Even readers with extensive familiarity of the literature regarding women in prison will learn something new."--Mona Danner, PhD Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Author : Martin Luther King
Publisher : HarperOne
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 2025-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780063425811
A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
Author : Ohio. Board of State Charities
Publisher :
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 1904
Category :
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Author : Ohio
Publisher :
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 1904
Category :
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Author : Piper Kerman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0385530269
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187–424—one of the millions of people who disappear “down the rabbit hole” of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of acceptance. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman’s story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison—why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they’re there. Praise for Orange Is the New Black “Fascinating . . . The true subject of this unforgettable book is female bonding and the ties that even bars can’t unbind.”—People (four stars) “I loved this book. It’s a story rich with humor, pathos, and redemption. What I did not expect from this memoir was the affection, compassion, and even reverence that Piper Kerman demonstrates for all the women she encountered while she was locked away in jail. I will never forget it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love “This book is impossible to put down because [Kerman] could be you. Or your best friend. Or your daughter.”—Los Angeles Times “Moving . . . transcends the memoir genre’s usual self-centeredness to explore how human beings can always surprise you.”—USA Today “It’s a compelling awakening, and a harrowing one—both for the reader and for Kerman.”—Newsweek
Author : Ohio State Board of Charities
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 36,97 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Charities
ISBN :