Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists, Paperback - Chenxing Han

A must-read for modern sanghas--Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists...

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DescriptionDickerson's lovingly crafted narratives take us to waters from sockeye spawning streams of Alaska's Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks...

Reducere. Lyrical prose and warm watercolor illustrations bring a "certain part of the country called Appalachia" alive for young readers. Two award-winning ...

The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv's...

Reducere. Invisibility persists throughout the Asian American story. On the one hand, xenophobia has long contributed to racism and discrimination toward Asi...

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Anthropologist Shalini Shankar explores how racial and ethnic differences are created and commodified through advertisements and marketing. Focusin...

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Reducere. DescriptionIt would be incorrect to say that Asian American literature began during the Civil Rights Movement. Since the late nineteenth century, C...

Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. In this book, Suzannah Lipscomb recovers the lives and ...

Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight...

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Reducere. DescriptionDesigned for reading-with your child or for children ages 10+ to read independently, "We Are Inspiring" brings to life the inspiring sto...

Publisher: Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationAuthor(s): Carolyn VaughanNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 236 x 312 x 16Cover ty...

Details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harboured negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel i...

Pirkei Imahot is first and foremost a book about giving Jewish women a voice within our Jewish tradition. Through that voice, the reader is given a...

What was the medieval English lyric? Moving beyond the received understanding of the genre, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric explores, through ...

Reducere. When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978, they left a legacy of suspicion and fear. Most accounts of...

Publisher: Lucky Duck PublishingAuthor(s): Sue WiseNumber of pages: 150Collection: Lucky Duck BooksPublication date: 2000Dimensions: 244 x 189 x 11...

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Taking readers from the 19th century to today, the author shows how Buddhism in the U.S. has given rise to new contemplative forms within American ...

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Publisher: Tate PublishingAuthor(s): Nicolette JonesIllustration(s): 46 illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 246 x 30...

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DescriptionAsian Americans have made significant contributions to American history, society, and culture. This book presents key events in the Asia...

With careers spanning two to three times that of an average player, baseball's best broadcasters have no shortage of history to offer. They have wi...

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Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Alisa FreedmanNumber of pages: 168Collection: Asia ShortsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x...

A recovery of the vital role Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans played in US intelligence services in Asia during World War II. Spies deep beh...

This book traces an unexpected journey to Latin America for South Asian literature in English. It shows how this encounter fundamentally shaped the...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Natasha WarikooIllustration(s): 4 tablesNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

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Reducere. America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentimen...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Catherine Ceniza ChoyNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 235 x 159 x 27Cover type: HardbackRede...