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1) Brigadistes: Lives for Liberty

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Martí-Rueda, Jordi

Language

Catalan

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'A real treasure that we can't stop exploring' – La Republica Felicia Browne decided it was time to put down her paintbrushes and pick up a rifle. Jimmy Yates left Chicago with three books in his bindle, sacrificing them all on the gruelling trek across the Pyrenees. Salaria Kea worked at the front as a nurse, judged by her skill rather than her skin colour... In 1936 something extraordinary happened. As the threat of fascism swept across...

2) Tractar Amb Els Dimonis: Entendre La Depressió Clínica Des De La Perspectiva D'un Supervivent

Author

George, Tracilyn

Language

Catalan

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Vostè o un ésser estimat té una malaltia mental? Alguna vegada t'has preguntat què pots fer per ajudar? Aquest llibre és la teva resposta! Per entendre completament la depressió, cal escoltar amb atenció i atenció als que estem afectats. És important que qualsevol persona amb malaltia mental sigui tractada amb amabilitat, respecte i dignitat, no amb estigma, prejudicis i menyspreu, perquè estem lluitant en una batalla més enllà de...

3) St. Pauli: Another Football is Possible

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Viñas, Carles

Language

Catalan

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**Longlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021 - Football Book of the Year** FC St. Pauli is a football club unlike any other. Encompassing music, sport and politics, its fans welcome refugees, fight fascists and take a stand against all forms of discrimination. This book goes behind the skull and crossbones emblem to tell the story of a football club rewriting the rulebook. Since the club's beginnings in Hamburg's red-light district,...