Fictions of Youth is a comprehensive examination of adolescence as an aesthetic, sociological, and ideological category in Pier Paolo Pasolini's prose, poetry, and cinema. Simona Bondavalli's book explores the multiple ways in which youth, real and imagined, shaped Pasolini's poetics and critical positions and shows how Pasolini's works became the basis for representations of contemporary young people, particularly Italians. From Pasolini's own coming of age under Fascism in the 1940s to the consumer capitalism of the 1970s, youth stood for innocence, vitality, and rebellion. Pasolini's representations of youth reflected and shaped those ideas. Offering a systematic treatment of youth and adolescence within Pasolini's eclectic body of work, Fictions of Youth provides both a broad overview of the changing nature of youth within Italian modernity and an in-depth study of Pasolini's significant contribution to that transformation.

A delightful fantasy tale about family by the author of the internationally best-selling Pippi Longstocking books, now in paperback Nine-year-old Karl Anders Nilsson is the unwelcome foster child of an uncaring couple. Lonely and neglected, he yearns for simple things, things that many children already have: a warm and loving home of his own, someone to share his sorrows and joys with, and, most important, his real father. Then, on October 15, Karl simply disappears. Where has he gone? (Police are searching for him ) But Karl is far away from chilly Stockholm, in Farawayland, where he has found his father, who is none other than the king of that land. And now Karl faces a truly dangerous mission. Prophecies have foretold his coming for thousands of years. He, his new best friend Pompoo, and Miramis, his wonderful flying horse with a golden mane, must travel together into the darkness of Outer Land to do battle with Sir Kato, the cruel abductor of the children of Farawayland. Only a child of the royal blood can stop him...

There is a fable that suggests the world will end on December 21, 2012, the last day of the Mayan calendar. ANCIENT ANGER tells the tale of a 105 year old Mayan priest, a drug dealer hiding from his crimes and two driven anthropologists searching for the truth to this very ominous prediction. It begins when Dr. Albert Poliska uncovers a pristine Mayan wall carved with unreadable hieroglyphics in 1976. This sets in motion a series of events that span 25 years of archeological turmoil, offering answers to questions about who the Mayans were, where they went and the possibility of their return. Then Dr. Richard Halden joins Poliska in a quest to find Padre Mio, the ancient priest whose international cult of worshipers still follow the ancient ways, from self mutilation to human sacrifice. Each is driven by a need to understand the truths of the ancient prophesy and strives to influence the possible fate of mankind. Set in Los Angeles, the Yucatan peninsula, New York, Louisiana and Sedona Arizona, ANCIENT ANGER throws the reader into a can't-put-it-down adventure that ends with a climax of spiritual and emotional calamity.

Among the protest movements of the 1960s, the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) emerged as one of the principal Chicano organizations seeking social change. By the time MAYO evolved into the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1972, its influence had spread far beyond its Crystal City, Texas, origins. Its members precipitated some thirty-nine school walkouts, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and confronted church and governmental bodies on numerous occasions. Armando Navarro here offers the first comprehensive assessment of MAYO's history, politics, leadership, ideology, strategies and tactics, and activist program. Interviews with many MAYO and RUP organizers and members, as well as first-hand knowledge drawn from his own participation in meetings, presentations, and rallies, enrich the text. This wealth of material yields the first reliable history of this extremely vocal and visible catalyst of the Chicano Movement. The book will add significantly to our understanding of Sixties protest movements and the social and political conditions that gave them birth.

Sol3 Mio are Kiwi stars on a meteoric rise. The award-winning operatic trio – tenor brothers Pene and Amitai Pati, and their baritone cousin Moses Mackay – stormed the New Zealand popular music charts in 2013. Almost out of nowhere, their success has been rapid and undeniable. But it wasn't always easy. Sol3 Mio: Our Story charts their remarkable life story: overcoming adversity, a real connection to family and community, living and loving life, working incredibly hard for your dreams – and realising them. Sol3 Mio: Our Story is a book of rare charm – a biography that portrays a genuinely engrossing story of heart, humour and Kiwi boys done good. 'These three young men are incredible talents. They have worked hard to achieve their dreams and taken on the world.' —SIR JOHN KIRWAN Also available as an eBook

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2020-043/ “The Nordic Region must be the best place in the world for children and young people”. This is the vision of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ strategy for children and young people in the Nordic Region. This publication aims to inspire administrative bodies, organisations, individuals and others to recognise their opportunities and responsibilities. Participation in society and having influence over one’s own life is not only a right for boys and girls, young women and men, but it also leads to better decision-making, more engaged citizens and a more inclusive society.