My Way Home: Growing Up Homeless in America, Paperback - Michael Gaulden

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael Gaulden His life was barely worth a dollar. He slept outside, on park benches, in stairwells, under bushes. Michael...

Reducere. This enthralling story of life on "The Rock", America's only Federal prison on an island in the middle of the scenic San Francisco Bay is a window ...

Publisher: Penguin USAAuthor(s): Margarita LongoriaNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 210 x 20Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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DescriptionIn this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronic...

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Reducere. Embracing My Shadow traces Unoma Azuah's challenging growth as a lesbian in Nigeria and how she navigated the paths of abuse, ethnic discrimination...

Reducere. Before Orange is the New Black, there was Inside.American jails and prisons confine nearly 13.5 million people each year. Despite these disturbing ...

Angel Tucker-Carr's bold and courageous viewpoint within the pages of this book will serve as a reality mirror for individuals who are willing and ...

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What would it look like for Christians to go beyond thoughts and prayers in their response to gun violence? The gun debate is raging in America. Ma...

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In the first book written by the child of someone who died from an eating disorder, Daniel Becker shows us the heartbreaking details of his mother'...

Reducere. Winner, 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, given by the Family Section of the American Sociological AssociationFinalist, 2019 C. Wright Mills Award,...

Description Riveting stories of how affluent, white children learn about race American kids are living in a world of ongoing public debates about r...

Reducere. This is the story of Michael Kennedy's life. Born in 1960 with significant disabilities, he describes his early experiences living in three differe...

DescriptionThree thousand people lived in Bentonville, Arkansas in the 1950s, long before it became identified with the largest corporation in the ...

Reducere. Haylie was ready for a change. After her longtime roommate and best friend finally got engaged, she figured now was a good time. It was coincidence...

DescriptionBased on the hugely popular blog of the same name, Born This Way shares 100 different memories of growing up LGBTQ. Childhood photograph...

George has already made up his mind to run away, back to the children's home. None of the previous families have wanted him. Why should the Dyers b...

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Reducere. DescriptionMichelle Kennedy had a typical middle class American childhood in Vermont. She attended college, interned in the U.S. Senate, married he...

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncAuthor(s): Marisabina RussoIllustration(s): Full color throughoutNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Di...

Reducere. Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began the interviews for this book in 1981 and devoted a professional lifetime to collecting the memories o...

1. Intro to Fake News2. World's Worst Friendly Neighbor3. Damage Control4. Being a Spider Bites5. Gone in a Flash6. All Spell Breaks Loose7. Otto T...

An easy-to-understand and reassuring guide to puberty and growing up for boys

A simple and reassuring guide to periods and body changes for girls aged 7 and up

Brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following t...

After many years of searching, John Houston found his way home--his true home. Now, he wants to help you do the same. John Houston has spent the pa...

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Reducere. Brynn Wilder must confront a dark and dangerous walk back into her traumatic past Eighteen years ago, twelve-year-old Brynn Wilder's life changed f...

Reducere. There is a space within you where you are already perfect, whole, and complete. It is pure consciousness - the space inside of which all thoughts c...