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Studium und was jetzt? Den theoretischen Teil der Ausbildung absolviert, aber null durch die Hochschule auf die Praxis vorbereitet? Dieses Buch beschreibt dir, wie du die große Veränderung, den Schritt von der Uni in den Beruf, mutig und entschlossen meistern kannst. Hilfreiche Ideen und Gedankenansätze werden aufgezeigt, die in keinem Semester auf dem Plan stehen. Wie kannst du im neuen Lebensabschnitt deine innere Kompassnadel neu ausrichten, welche Ansichten vielleicht überdenken und welche sogar auf den Kopf stellen?

1,0 ist unmöglich? Von wegen! Was machen die besten Schüler besser als alle anderen? Haben sie ein Geheimrezept? Was sind ihre Tricks? Auf all diese Fragen wollte der Oberstufenschüler Tim Nießner Antworten finden. Deshalb interviewte er fast 100 Abiturienten, die einen Schnitt von 0,69 bis 1,0 erreicht haben, und teilt hier seine Erkenntnisse, die er durch diese Gespräche gewonnen hat, mit allen Schülern.

Tutti gridano alle fake news, o altrimenti dette bufale. Ma cosa sono esattamente? C'è chi accusa i giornali e i mass media di essere "finti" (Trump e dintorni), e c'è chi pensa che solo loro possano salvarci dalle bufale. La verità è che le bufale (o, meglio, la "cattiva informazione") rischiano di annidarsi un po' ovunque. Le bufale esistono da sempre: dalla Donazione di Costantino (con la smentita di Lorenzo Valla, il primo degli "hoaxbusters") alla "Guerra dei Mondi" di Orson Welles.

Je mehr Begabung, desto steiler die Karriere? Viele (oft unwissentlich) hochbegabte oder vielseitig talentierte Menschen erleben genau das Gegenteil. Sie sind mit ihrer Arbeit unzufrieden und suchen immer wieder nach dem passenden Platz im (Berufs-)Leben. In diesem Buch wird deutlich, wie sich Hochbegabung bei Erwachsenen zeigen kann und welche Stolpersteine damit verbunden sind. Lassen Sie sich durch anschauliche Beispiele und wirkungsvolle Arbeitsanregungen zu einem Prozess der Selbsterkenntnis und inneren Befreiung inspirieren.

An essential read for young adults seeking to understand a pivotal chapter in American LGBTQ history. “Enlightening, inspiring, and moving.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Bausum writes with the precision of a journalist . . . her observations and her conclusions about the persecution...

A 2021 YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST America is the greatest democracy in the world … isn’t it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers a roadmap for teen activism and ways for young people to fix them...

An Iraqi woman who survived capture by ISIS. A Sudanese teen growing up in civil war and famine. An Afghan interpreter for the U.S. Army living under threat of a fatwa. They are among the five refugees who share their stories in award-winning author and photographer Susan Kuklin's latest masterfully crafted narrative. The five, originally from Afghanistan, Myanmar, South Sudan, Iraq, and Burundi, give gripping first-person testimonies about what it is like to flee war, face violent threats, grow up in a refugee camp, be sold into slavery, and resettle in America.

Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.

Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes such stories as that of Elizabeth Van Lew, an aristocrat whose hatred of slavery drove her to be one of the most successful spies in the Civil War; the "Choctaw code talkers," Native Americans who were instrumental in sending secret messages during World War I; and more.

Rise Up! breaks down the origins of racial injustice and its continued impact today, connecting dots between the past and present. By including contemporary examples ripped from headlines and actionable ways young people can help create a more inclusive world, sociologist Crystal Fleming shares the knowledge and values that unite all antiracists: compassion, solidarity, respect, and courage in the face of adversity. 

August 18, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. This book reveals how the 70-year-long fight for women's suffrage was hard-won by leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, and others.

Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends accept you? And how do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. 

Young people coming of age today face new risks, expectations, and laws that didn't exist when their parents were young. What They Don't Teach Teens provides teens, tweens, and young adults with up-to-date, realistic strategies to protect themselves against the pitfalls of modern adolescence.

Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. With in-depth guides to everything from picking a cause, planning a protest, and raising money to running dispute-free meetings, promoting awareness on social media, and being an effective ally, Girls Resist! will tell you how to go from "mad as heck about the way the world is going" to "effective leader who gets stuff done".

Career Rookie is a book for every grad, student, and 20-something who feels lost, overwhelmed, and anxious. It tackles the emotional and logistical WTF-ness of starting your career, answering questions like, What if I don't have any experience? What if I went to school for something I hated? What if I have no idea what I actually want? Should I just suck it up and settle? Because, honestly, this career thing is starting to give me an ulcer. This fresh, fun guide gives even the most lost and overwhelmed a way forward.

Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced. Rania Abouzeid, one of the foremost journalists on the topic, follows two pairs of sisters from opposite sides of the conflict to give listeners a firsthand glimpse of the turmoil and devastation this strife has wrought.

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote? In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African-American vote, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow.

An expansive, moving poetry anthology, representing 20 years of poetry from students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club. "Poets I know sometimes joke that the poetry club at Oak Park River Forest High School is the best MFA program in the Chicagoland area...

How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of...

From the founder of The Cramm, a news outlet by and for the incredible Gen Z activists who are already shaping our global future (really!), this book is a dive into the history that's made the world what it is today. You can take a stand for justice. You can raise your voice to make a difference...