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Stolen Babies of Spain

Author : Mara Lencina,Greg Rabidoux,Enrique Vila Torres
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578654180

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Stolen Babies of Spain by Mara Lencina,Greg Rabidoux,Enrique Vila Torres Pdf

This book tells the ongoing struggle of stolen baby victims of Spain as they search for truth, justice and reconciliation. Based on the authors' interviews with victims, well over 300, and on their experiences in filming the award-winning documentary of the same name (Stolen Babies of Spain) this book provides detailed, first-hand accounts of how mothers and families were deceived by those in power and whom they trusted like nuns, nurses, doctors and priests and how they continue to face legal, political and social obstacles in their search for the truth. This book also shares painstaking research which chronicles the events which led up to the development of what victims call a baby-stealing web or mafia, and which, many claim, still operates today in contemporary Spain. The book also includes up to date material which offers readers insight into the social, political and legal processes in Spain which continue to make it difficult for all victims, estimated at over 300,000, to reconcile with their long-lost family members. The reader is also given a behind-the-scenes look at how mothers were deceived by nuns, nurses, doctors and priests into thinking their baby had died only to find out later it was all a hoax to enable their baby to be sold and often smuggled out of the country. Throughout, the reader is provided insight from victims, family members who are searching for relatives, lawyers, advocates, elected officials, investigative journalists and former nuns who share first-hand knowledge of what really went on in some of the more infamous baby clinics which were run with impunity by nuns from the Catholic Church. The book closes with a discussion of the global issue of baby stealing and trafficking and what the reader can, if he or she chooses, do to make a positive difference.

Mala Vida

Author : Marc Fernandez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628727463

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Finalist for the Readers ofElle Magazine's Grand Prize (France) Winner of the Plaidoiries Prize for Best Crime Novel at the Festival Clameur(s) of Dijon Almodóvar meets Orwell in this acclaimed, fast-paced contemporary noir novel exposing the most shameful secrets of the Franco era. Present-day Spain, a time of economic crisis and resurgent populist nationalism. The radical right has just won the election after twelve years of Socialist rule. In the midst of this political upheaval, a series of murders is committed, taking place from Madrid to Barcelona to Valencia. The victims include a politician a real-estate lawyer, doctor, a banker, and a nun. There is no obvious connection between them. As the country prepares for a return to a certain moral order, radio crime reporter Diego Martin is trying to keep his head above water in anticipation of the expected media purge. When he decides to look into the first murder, he doesn't have the faintest clue that his investigation will lead far beyond his local beat and put his life at risk. For what he uncovers exposes the roots of a national scandal: the theft of babies from the victims of the Franco regime, crimes—never prosecuted—that were orchestrated by now well-connected citizens who will do anything to avoid exposure.

The Fountains of Silence

Author : Ruta Sepetys
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698174511

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War--as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city. Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into one of history's darkest corners in this epic, heart-wrenching novel about identity, unforgettable love, repercussions of war, and the hidden violence of silence--inspired by the true postwar struggles of Spain. Includes vintage media reports, oral history commentary, photos, and more. Praise for The Fountains of Silence "Spain under Francisco Franco is as dystopian a setting as Margaret Atwood’s Gilead in Ruta Sepetys’s suspenseful, romantic and timely new work of historical fiction . . . Like [Shakespeare's family romances], 'The Fountains of Silence' speaks truth to power, persuading future rulers to avoid repeating the crimes of the past." --The New York Times Book Review “Full of twists and revelations…an excellent story, and timely, too.” --The Wall Street Journal "A staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame." --Entertainment Weekly * "[Sepetys] tells a moving story made even more powerful by its placement in a lesser-known historical moment. Captivating, deft, and illuminating historical fiction." --Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW* * "This gripping, often haunting historical novel offers a memorable portrait of fascist Spain." --Publishers Weekly, *STARRED REVIEW* * "This richly woven historical fiction . . . will keep young adults as well as adults interested from the first page to the last." --SLC, *STARRED REVIEW* * "Riveting . . . An exemplary work of historical fiction." --The Horn Book, *STARRED REVIEW*

Betrayed at Birth

Author : Enrique Vila Torres
Publisher : Valmar Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735271632

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This book, based on actual cases and investigations, tells how a widespread criminal network in Spain and Morocco, stole and sold babies through an underground baby black market for decades. All the while, government, church and doctors and nurses either looked the other way, or worse, conspired together to deceive parents and family while lining their own pockets. You will meet the young lovers whose baby was taken from them and sold away by a nurse working with a nun, you will find out the truth of what a powerful family patriarch did rather than live with the "shame" of having his young daughter give birth to the baby of a charming but poor island musician. You will discover what really went on in a famous clinic in Madrid and how a greedy gynecologist collaborated with a cruel but calculating nun to deceive new mothers while stealing their newborn babies and selling them on the black market. You will learn of the fate of one mother and her baby girl who dared to uncover this evil network across Spain. You will also feel the pain and desperation of a young couple who cannot conceive and who risk it all in deciding to cross frontiers to buy a baby and how that will forever change the lives of a young couple in love who dream of one day being together despite the rejection of their own families who forbid them to ever see one another again. Finally, you will learn why baby stealing started in Spain, how it went on undetected and unpunished for decades and why, even today, thousands of Spaniards search for the truth about their own origins and to hopefully, one day, be reunited with their loved ones.

Israeli Media and the Framing of Internal Conflict

Author : S. Madmoni-Gerber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230623217

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Israeli Media and the Framing of Internal Conflict by S. Madmoni-Gerber Pdf

A study of the media coverage of the Yemenite Babies Affair - the story of the alleged kidnapping of hundreds of Yemenite babies from their families upon arrival to Israel in the early 1950s. Examining the role played by the media and by racism, this book is part of a growing trend to expand perspectives within Israeli scholarship.

Stolen Lives

Author : Joyce Yarrow
Publisher : All Bilingual Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798989794638

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Journalist Alienor Crespo pursues an intriguing and explosive story about the tons of gold shipped to the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War and the endangered children who made the same journey. When Alienor uses her second sight to connect past events with her present-day investigation of Spain's "stolen babies," she puts her life in danger. Stolen Lives begins during World War II on the Island of Rhodes and takes the reader on a suspense-filled journey through the decades to present day Spain.

The Baby Thief

Author : Barbara Bisantz Raymond,Barbara Raymond
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786733743

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The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond,Barbara Raymond Pdf

For almost three decades, renowned baby-seller Georgia Tann ran a children's home in Memphis, Tennessee — selling her charges to wealthy clients nationwide, Joan Crawford among them. Part social history, part detective story, part expose, The Baby Thief is a riveting investigative narrative that explores themes that continue to reverberate today.

Digital Services in Crisis, Disaster, and Emergency Situations

Author : Oliveira, Lídia,Tajariol, Federico,Gonçalves, Liliana Baptista
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781799867074

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Digital Services in Crisis, Disaster, and Emergency Situations by Oliveira, Lídia,Tajariol, Federico,Gonçalves, Liliana Baptista Pdf

The contemporary world is characterized by the massive use of digital communication platforms and services that allow people to stay in touch with each other and their organizations. On the other hand, it is also a world with great challenges in terms of crisis, disaster, and emergency situations of various kinds. Thus, it is crucial to understand the role of digital platforms/services in the context of crisis, disaster, and emergency situations. Digital Services in Crisis, Disaster, and Emergency Situations presents recent studies on crisis, disaster, and emergency situations in which digital technologies are considered as a key mediator. Featuring multi- and interdisciplinary research findings, this comprehensive reference work highlights the relevance of society’s digitization and its usefulness and contribution to the different phases and types of risk scenarios. Thus, the book investigates the design of digital services that are specifically developed for use in crisis situations and examines services such as online social networks that can be used for communication purposes in emergency events. Highlighting themes that include crisis management communication, risk monitoring, digital crisis intervention, and smartphone applications, this book is of particular use to governments, institutions, corporations, and professionals who deal with crisis, disaster, and emergency scenarios, as well as researchers, academicians, and students working in fields such as communications, multimedia, sociology, political science, and engineering.

The Brink of Being

Author : Julia Bueno
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780143133230

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"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You Though approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's health. This profoundly necessary book--the first comprehensive portrait of the psychological, emotional, medical, and cultural aspects of miscarriage--aims to help break that silence. With candor, warmth, and empathy, psychotherapist Julia Bueno blends women's stories (including her own) with research and analysis, exploring the effect of pregnancy loss on women and highlighting the ways in which our society fails to effectively respond to it. The result is a galvanizing, urgent, and moving exploration of a too-often-hidden human experience, and a crucial resource for anyone struggling with--or seeking to better understand--miscarriage.

Banished Babies

Author : Mike Milotte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Adoption
ISBN : 1848403720

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Dublin, summer 1980; Kate Bush is on the radio, Nadia Comaneci is cleaning up at the Olympics and in one house by the Liffey, a spiky but sensitive ten-year-old girl is minding her troubled ma and her two brothers. But when a tragedy splits the family apart, the girl realizes that the only person she can depend on is herself.

The Red Gene

Author : Barbara Lamplugh
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504070904

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“Traces the intergenerational legacies of the Spanish civil war through two groups of families . . . an enthralling novel with real historical heft.” —Judith Keene, author of Treason on the Airwaves When Rose, a young English nurse with humanitarian ideals, decides to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, she is little prepared for the experiences that await her. Working on the front line and witness to the horrors of war, she falls in love with a Republican fighter. As defeat becomes inevitable, Rose is faced with a decision that will change her life and leave her with lasting scars. Meanwhile we meet Consuelo, a girl growing up in a staunchly Catholic family on the other side of the ideological divide. When she discovers that she was adopted, her attempts to learn more about her origins come to a dead end. But years later Consuelo’s daughter, Marisol, growing up in a rapidly changing Spain, decides to investigate the dark secrets of her family and find the answers that have until now eluded her mother . . . What links Rose and Consuelo? Will Marisol uncover the truth? Sometimes the truth lies in the darkest places. “A wonderful book. It is so evocative of 1930s Britain and the generation for whom Spain was a huge issue . . . I really enjoyed reading it, with so many of the characters so brilliantly realised.” —Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the Labour Party “The big themes of history are brought alive through the stories of a diverse cast of characters.” —John Simmons, author of Spanish Crossing

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies

Author : Vincent Druliolle,Roddy Brett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319702025

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The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies by Vincent Druliolle,Roddy Brett Pdf

This volume sheds new light upon the role of victims in the aftermath of violence. Victims are central actors in transitional justice, the politics of memory and conflict resolution, yet the analysis of their mobilisation and political influence in these processes has been neglected. After introducing and explaining the reasons for this limited interest, the book’s chapters focus on a range of settings and draw on different disciplines to offer insights into the interrelated themes of victimhood – victims, their individual and collective identities, and their role in and impact upon post-conflict societies – and the politics of victimhood – meaning how victimhood is defined, negotiated and contested, both socially and politically. Because it outlines a stimulating research agenda and challenges the view that victims are passive or apolitical, this interdisciplinary volume is a significant contribution to the literature and will be of interest to scholars from disciplines such as law, anthropology, political science, human rights, international studies, and to practitioners.

An Anthropology of Disappearance

Author : Laura Huttunen,Gerhild Perl
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781805390725

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An Anthropology of Disappearance by Laura Huttunen,Gerhild Perl Pdf

All over the world, people disappear from their families, communities and the state's bureaucratic gaze, as victims of oppressive regimes or while migrating along clandestine routes. This volume brings together scholars who engage ethnographically with such disappearances in various cultural, social and political contexts. It takes an anthropological perspective on questions about human life and death, absence and presence, rituals and mourning, liminality and structures, citizenship and personhood as well as agency and power. The chapters explore the political dimension of disappearances and address methodological, epistemological and ethical challenges of researching disappearances and the disappeared. The combination of disappearance through political violence, crime, voluntary disappearance and migration make this book a unique combination.

Beggars in Spain

Author : Nancy Kress
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061931956

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In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself. But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge.

Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance

Author : Vasilios Ioakimidis,Aaron Wyllie
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447364290

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Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance by Vasilios Ioakimidis,Aaron Wyllie Pdf

Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories. This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the US and the impact of colonialism in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As the de-colonisation of curricula and the Black Lives Matter movement gain momentum, this fascinating book skilfully navigates social work’s collective political past while considering its future.