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What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives, and the way we meet our enemies on the page in fiction? How can literature, through its free exchange, affect politics? In this galvanizing guide to literature as resistance, Nafisi seeks to answer these questions. Drawing on her experiences as a woman and voracious reader...

�Alguna vez has cazado un oso grande y peligroso? En esta canci�on de la tradici�on inglesa, en versi�on del poeta Michael Rosen, una familia sale a cazar un oso. Atraviesan un campo de pastos verdes, un r�io profundo, un bosque oscuro, y entre ellos no hay ning�un miedoso. Hasta que entran en una cueva tenebrosa y se topan con dos ojos que miran rabiosos... Brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before...

"Kids 9 to 12 will laugh out loud while reading this adventurous graphic novel, which brings an African folk tale to life for a new audience. When Sarra's parents die, they leave her with an important warning: never let Dan Auta, her little brother, cry. But Dan Auta loves to make trouble. He hitches a ride on the back of a bird, pokes the eye of the king's son, and even pees on the king's head. Making sure he doesn't cry is much harder than Sarra...

Tells the story of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy living in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed John's father.