Border Crossing, Paperback

Offers a sustained and systematic focus on the intersections of time and space in contexts of border crossing, considering the historical transform...

A young boy comes of age in the desolate mountains of the Mexican border, in the second volume of Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border TrilogyPublish...

Reducere. Today, the concept of the refugee as distinct from other migrants looms large. Immigration laws have developed to reinforce a dichotomy between tho...

Reducere. Ksenia Rychtycka's debut collection Crossing the Border illuminates moments of tragedy and triumph, personal discovery and disillusionment, spotlig...

Reducere. In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Ch vez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics o...

Reducere. A critically acclaimed tearjerker from a master storyteller: On one side of the border is brutality and heartache; on the other side--a new life. 1...

This highly anticipated new collection from a prize-winning Chinese Singaporean writer probes the place of history in our contemporary, border-cros...

Reducere. "Beautifully written and important...Martinez shows us how 'America' is being reimagined by its uninvited, its disrespected, its invisible, and he ...

Can reading make us better citizens? Fusing queer theory, citizenship studies, and border studies in its exploration of seven U.S., Canadian, and I...

Reducere. Borders are magical places, and growing up on a border, crossing and recrossing that space where this becomes that, creates a very special sort of ...

Reducere. Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, 'Illegal' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, bor...

Reducere. The astonishing second collection by the author of Slow Lightning, winner of the Yale Younger Poets PrizeGuillotine traverses desert landscapes cut...

A social, political and cultural history of left-wing social movements in 1960s Europe, Sixties Europe examines the border-crossing uprisings of th...

Reducere. When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to "cross the wire" from Mex...

Reducere. A Land of Hard Edges: Serving the Front Lines of the Border is a series of true stories and personal reflections by Peg Bowden, a retired nurse, wh...

Reducere. Immigration is an issue of major concern within the Christian community. As Christians, how should we respond to the current crisis?Interweaving bi...

Millions of southerners left the South in the twentieth century in a mass migration that has, in many ways, rewoven the fabric of American society ...

Reducere. ``Every line resonates with a wind that crosses oceans.``--Jamaal May``Zamora's work is real life turned into myth and myth made real life.`` --Gla...

From the Mexican Revolution to the Zarumilla War, in the first 40 years of the 20th century the nations of Central and South America were frequentl...

Reducere. BRAND NEW: FIRST TIME PUBLISHED: The Ranger Sams Burrack book readers have been waiting for. The winner of every battle under the blazing desert su...

Reducere. After a decade of chasing stories around the globe, intrepid travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest followed the magnetic pull home--only to disco...

Reducere. Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, once again touches hearts with her lyrical, poignant, and mo...

Reducere. DescriptionMy body was broken, and my mind was just barely hanging on. The last five days were filled with endless mountain passes, inclement weath...

Reducere. A routine traffic stop in the Illinois heartland uncovers a sinister secret-a sweeping terrorist plot endangering the lives of thousands of America...

As part of the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the "anci...

Reducere. In 1971, while U.S. ground forces were prohibited from crossing the Laotian border, a South Vietnamese Army corps, with U.S. air support, launched ...

DescriptionThe 1921 partition of Ireland had huge ramifications for almost all aspects of Irish life and was directly responsible for hundreds of d...

DescriptionFrom rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging ...

Reducere. Discover Africa's rising generation of fashion illustrators who are bringing diversity to the industry. Fashion Illustration Africa is a vibrant, v...

This compelling young adult graphic memoir, based on real events, tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who attempts to cros...

Reducere. From a pioneer of modern U.S. Hispanic literature, and the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Loco Love and Rain of Gold, comes a gripping,...

Reducere. Mit dem vierten Band der Schriftenreihe "Jiddistik: Edition & Forschung" liegt erstmals eine umfang- und facettenreiche Sammlung moderner jiddische...

Reducere. Illegal tells the true story of love and deception, revolutions and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. Naïve New Yorker, Den...

Reducere. Clotilde Graves was known for challenging convention. In her early years, she was known as the dramatist "Clo Graves", but became better known unde...

Reducere. The first of Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays the...

Reducere. Robbie Ducharme is pursuing his dream, leading clients in canoes down the remote Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande on the Texas/Mexico border. Newly-...

A woman muses about buying lovely new panties; another sets out on the trip of a lifetime; a blogger offers information, support, and community to ...

Xicancuicatl collects the poetry of leading avant-garde Chicanx poet Alfred Arteaga (1950-2008), whom French philosopher Gilles Deleuze regarded as...

Reducere. Rich in the social upheaval of the communist revolution in Eastern Europe, Uncommon Providence is a first hand, journaled account of a young minist...

The Magic of Asafetida For Cooking and Healing Table of Contents Introduction How to Grow Asafetida Harvesting the Sap Type of Soil? Watering Your ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Emma Carmichael announced to her colleagues that she was buying a Zastava - the Yugoslavian answer to an Italian Cinquecento - to t...

Henry David Thoreau spent his life as an intellectual vagrant, jumping fences, pushing boundaries, and crossing borders. How, why, and to what end ...

The acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin's last days--adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini. It is 1940. For the past de...

Reducere. To his contemporaries in Gilded Age Manhattan, Guillermo Eliseo was a fantastically wealthy Mexican, the proud owner of a luxury apartment overlook...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ana CastilloFrom American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart,...

Reducere. DescriptionUnforgiving Destiny follows the true story of the 39-year pursuit by authorities on five continents to imprison and execute David McMill...

Reducere. DescriptionThe battle is one of wits and cunning, where the strong heart will overcome his enemy.Ex-marine Arthur Nakai spent years as a member of ...

DescriptionA moving firsthand account of migrant landings on the island of Lampedusa that gives voice to refugees, locals, and volunteers while als...

How does a Mexican-American, the son of immigrants, a child of the border, la frontera, leave home and move to the heart of gringo America? How doe...

Reducere. From the USA Today bestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife novel.Say -goodbye- to your old life, and -hello- t...

Reducere. DescriptionUnion Street, Pat Barker's first novel, concerns seven neighboring women near a factory in northeast England. Life for these women is tr...

As a small boy, Pieter Kohnstam lived with his parents in an apartment in Amsterdam during World War II. By coincidence, one of their neighbors was...

Reducere. In the late 1700s the roots of cowboy culture arose out of the Carolinas. These men and women were not the typical white ranchers that would be dep...

DescriptionA guidebook to trekking the Slovene High Level Route, crossing Slovenia from Austria to the Adriatic. The 500km route is described in a ...

Three starred reviews! "Harrowing but deeply illuminating." --School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border fro...

Reducere. A poignant novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border, inspired by current events. A Pura Belpré 2021 Young Adult Aut...

Clay Long is a seasoned police detective who left his department to become a Special Ranger for the Governor of Texas. A tour in Iraq as First Serg...

Reducere. Burning with desire to share the value of freedom, Antonina takes you from her plight in communist Bulgaria to the free shores of America. Followin...

Reducere. America is at a crossroads. In the great experiment of democracy, a defining moment has arrived, a time of reckoning: What does it mean to be an Am...

This is about my journey to the United States for the hopes of a better life. It puts you in the same shoes as the immigrant crossing the border wi...

Reducere. Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature winner Ellie Crowe and bestselling children's author Scott Peters tell this gripping story a...