Dispossessed. A Story of Asylum and the US-Mexican Border and Beyond, Hardback - John Washington

The first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration's assault on asylum protections. The first book to take on the inhumane debacle ...

Reducere. Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in ...

Reducere. A collection of personal narratives of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Voices of the Border brings us closer to this community of people an...

At a time when the role of journalism is especially critical, the former executive editor of the Washington Post writes about his nearly 50 years a...

A poignant look at the lives, experiences and identity of the asylum seekers and refugees that have come to Britain's shoresIllustrations: 100 Illu...

A Mexican-American lawyer exposes corruption in the US asylum procedure and despotism in the Mexican governmentFrom a storefront law office in the ...

Reducere. On June 18, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson called up virtually the entire army National Guard, some 150, 000 men, to meet an armed threat to the Un...

St. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington, D.C., since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Gove...

Love music? Love illustration? Want to know more about some of the best musicians ever to record - from Bowie and the Beastie Boys to The Smiths an...

The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo...

Dispossessed is a poetic representation of life in three stages through the eyes of a poet. It shows, from the thematic interests of the poet; what...

Reducere. Winner, Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2020 From the boundary surveys of the 1850s to the ever-expanding fences and h...

DescriptionThe Sino-Russian border, once the world's longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. B...

Reducere. Today, John Deere is remembered-some say mistakenly-as the inventor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the interna...

A moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee who, after spending months in a US immigration detention cen...

Reducere. The aggressive exploitation of labor on both sides of the US-Mexico border has become a prominent feature of capitalism in North America. Kids in c...

Reducere. The aggressive exploitation of labor on both sides of the US-Mexico border has become a prominent feature of capitalism in North America. Kids in c...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Soeren UrbanskyIllustration(s): 35 b/w illus. 4 tables.Number of pages: 392Collection: Studies of t...

Reducere. On the Border of a Dream is an eye­-opening and uplifting autobiography that tells the true story of a boy from rural Mexico, who at a young age se...

Reducere. A True Story: Exposing The Dark Secrets Of The Insane Asylum I did not know it was hell until that first night A place of cruel torture, of starvat...

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

Reducere. This is a true story about a black couple, Ella and Marion Auther, who had a dream of starting their own black resort during the time of segregatio...

Reducere. Working the Border: A Texas Ranger's Story, Paperback

An interactive journal filled with guidance, prompts and plenty of writing space to explore your personal journey and turn dreams into positive act...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Anand V. SwamyIllustration(s): 4 line drawings, 14 tablesNumber of pages: 272Collection: Marke...

Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylu...

Through an analysis of Cold War Era films including Border Incident , Where Danger Lives , and Touch of Evil , Stephanie Fuller illustrates how cin...

Reducere. For more than twelve years, the city of Ju rez, Mexico -- just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas -- has been the center of a horrific crime...

Reducere. DescriptionThis powerful book details the history of Norteno & Sureno gangs and how their split came about. It serves as an empowering historical t...

A rich and glorious celebration of humanity's connection to the natural world from two of today's best-loved, multi award-winning picture book crea...

Part of the best-selling The Story of . . . series, this biographical board book tells the story of George Washington using simple words and bright...

Together, we can break down borders

Reducere. Not quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A fair-minded but highly critical interpretation of president Obama and his brand of "hope and change, " grounded in a reality that goes beyond the...