City of Refugees: A Real Utopia, Hardcover - Peter Jay Zweig

Of the 7.8 billion people on the planet, more than 70 million are now refugees and asylum seekers. With few countries willing to receive these disp...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Susan HartmanNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 30Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

No city in the United States is a synonymous with unbridled growth and land speculation as the sprawling Texas city of Houston. The book offers a v...

Reducere. A powerful collection, Confini offers a rare and intimate portrait of refugee life in Sicily, showcasing the complex nuances and heart-wrenching re...

A fully revised and updated second edition of the award-winning, foundational study of refugee rights under international law. Essential reading fo...

Displacement is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, and it will become more so in the coming years as climate change and the impact of...

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

"Seeking Sanctuary" explores the history of people looking for refuge in this country.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations

In times of the proclaimed "refugee crisis" this book aims to shed light on human rights and refugee law responsibilities of EU member states and o...

Publisher: Footnote Press LtdAuthor(s): Eyad AwwadawnanNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 216 x 33Cover type: Paperback / ...

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic PublishingAuthor(s): Hughes ZoeNumber of pages: 60Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 12Cover type: Paper...

The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--and their attempt to create an electric-powered c...

"I believe that Marcuse's ideas can be as valuable today as they were fifty years ago."--Angela Y. Davis, from the forewordHerbert Marcuse was one ...

Reducere. "Chicago is a tale of two cities, " headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and di...

Reducere. Oliver loves outer space and wants to travel to the planets. One night Oliver goes to bed and wakes up to discover our Solar System. Go on an adven...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The fascinating, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in ...

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Publisher: Peter Owen PublishersAuthor(s): John HilaryNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 256 x 25Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Thomas HagerIllustration(s): Black-and-white images throughoutNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139...

DescriptionMass population displacement affected millions of Europe's civilians across the different theatres of war in 1914-18. At the end of the ...

Reducere. How One Man Created a Profession--and Entirely Transformed the World of Investing "The small list of investment books that must grace the library o...

Reducere. This textbook is designed for students. Rather than the typical definition-theorem-proof-repeat style, this text includes much more commentary, mot...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Peter Y. PaikNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 139 x 215 x 17Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. The City of Angels? No burg this side of the Pearly Gates could live up to such a moniker, and L.A. isn't even trying. You won't see many inhabitan...

In exquisitely detailed illustrations and engaging words, Stephen Conlin and Peter Harbison bring alive the story of Dublin - its architecture and ...

Reducere. Silver Medal winner for "Military Non-Fiction" category Military Writers Society of America 2008 AwardsThe Sons of the Republic of Texas Presidio L...

The City is governed by the grim law of profit and loss. No exceptions, no place for compassion, pleasure, the warmth of friendship or the ardour o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter J. LeithartLeithart analyzes the grand classics of ancient literature-The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and others-...

Reducere. In the leveled reader The Cell: A Tiny City, fundamental science concepts in biology are explained through simply written text and colorful, fun il...

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk's tonsils currently reside? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides...

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Reducere. Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young AdultsSibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best Of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book's Fanfare 20...

What up, doe! Welcome back to the mean streets of Detroit. With all the drama going down in Motown, I knew your nosey self couldn't stay away. Don'...

Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe viv...

Reducere. A book for kids by kids that takes you on a tour around Chicago's neighborhoods. Veteran journalist Alina Dizik interviews school-aged children aro...

Refugees are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting, and the international community struggles to provide adequate respo...

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Raymond Williams was an enormously influential figure in late twentieth-century intellectual life as a novelist, playwright and critic, British Sar...