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Join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery - from the handshake's origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. Drawing on new research, anthropological insights and first-hand experience, she'll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations - and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact.

In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1600-kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged eight, eleven and fourteen, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it would lead them home. Their journey – longer than many of the celebrated treks of recognised explorers – reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine.

En esta guía, John Schlimm, educador formado en Harvard, utiliza la amplia experiencia de su trabajo con la generación más joven paraofrecer algunas ideas a cualquiera que esté sumergiéndose en el universo de la Generación Z. En 52 capítulos encontrarás lecciones rápidas y fáciles de entender, así como ideas para actividades que acabarán con los estereotipos y estigmas y así darle un nuevo tinte a lo que son realmente: futuros líderes inteligentes, compasivos, valientes y honestos.