Trevor Noah
1) It's Trevor Noah: born a crime : stories from a South African childhood ; adapted for young readers
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. This fascinating memoir blends drama,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol, una division de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"La impresionante trayectoria de Trevor Noah, desde su infancia en Sudafrica durante el apartheid hasta el escritorio de The Daily Show, comenzo con un acto criminal: su nacimiento. Trevor nacio de un padre suizo blanco y una madre Xhosa negra, en una epoca de la historia sudafricana en que tal union era castigada con cinco anos de prision. Como prueba viviente de la indiscrecion de sus padres, Trevor permanecio los primeros anos de su vida bajo el...
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
June, 2017. Comprised of hundreds of actual Trump tweets, the staff of The Daily Show opened The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, a 4,000-square-foot museum space dedicated to the 45th president and his Twitter legacy. In the single weekend it was open to the public, the Library pop-up drew 7,500 visitors. Now the entire country can experience the Presidential Twitter Library, with screenshots of the tweets (from 2009 through 2017), accompanied...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive...
6) Breaking big
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Why have some of the world's most influential people been able to make it big? Explore how some of today's artists, innovators, athletes and political leaders made their careers. Featuring Trevor Noah, Eddie Huang, Danai Gurira, Jason Aldean, Ruth Zukerman, Christian Siriano, Roxane Gay, Michael Strahan, Senator Kristen Gillibrand, Lee Daniels, Gretchen Carlson, and Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz.