High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, Paperback - Audrey Petty

Reducere. In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-d...

Reducere. The Green Card Youth Voices series is a collection of books dedicated to sharing the immigration stories of young, new Americans from all over the ...

Reducere. DescriptionGreen Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School is a unique collection of thirty personal essays written by ...

Reducere. Description"Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School" is a collection of twenty-one personal essays written by refu...

Reducere. Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Rise...

Reducere. Description"Green Card Entrepreneur Voices: How-To Business Stories from Minnesota Immigrants" is a collection of essays and digital narratives fro...

Reducere. My name is Maia Graystone: rebel, terrorist, and . . . traitor.Imprisoned in the Tower at the Archduchess's mercy, awaiting certain execution, I sp...

Publisher and Anthologist Brenda Dempsey brings together 45 Voices to share their true stories of resilience, positivity and hope from a pandemic. ...

Reducere. 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 ...

This anthology of eight stories addresses children's rights and sustainable development, written by children from around the world in conjunction w...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Bill PlaschkeNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Reducere. Surviving a career in law enforcement involves a considerable amount of natural instinct, skill, luck, and intellect. Fortunately for Pat McCarthy,...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Piri ThomasIn this collection of short stories, Piri Thomas (author of the bestselling autobiography, Down These Mean Stree...

Reducere. From Grapevine, the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, find inspiration from generations of courageous women devoted to sobriety and we...

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical storyPublisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): W.B. MarshNumber of...

Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regi...

Reducere. Beneficial for both novices and experienced professionals, Managing Rental Housing provides practical information needed to operate your rental pro...

'It is always a worthwhile ambition to get through a project like this without being punched.'Writer and urban explorer Attlee reads the signs and ...

11 days, 11 women's lives: how the events of September 11, 2001 changed everything for women across the globeIllustrations: 5 Maps; 26 Illustration...

Reducere. This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical ...

Reducere. Since the 1950s UPS has been partner in its own "Silent Movement" to develop and promote African Americans from entry level positions to the C-Suit...

Publisher: UnboundNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Zahed SultanRedesc...

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story

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 ...

DescriptionFifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--sh...

A collection of short stories set among the summits of England, Scotland and Wales telling the story of someone who has their own reasons to be in ...

Using a unique archive spanning the lifetime of twenty council estates in the UK, this book examines what we can learn from council housing's faili...

Reducere. Chronic swelling due to lymphatic fluid, or lymphedema, affects 3-5 million Americans including 20-40% of cancer survivors. Lymphedema is so little...

Reducere. Led by stars like Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, Mike Singletary, William ``Refrigerator`` Perry, head coach Mike Ditka, and defensive coordinator Bud...

The Chicago Cubs are one of the most historic teams in Major League Baseball, and their World Series championship in 2016 will forever remain one o...

Reducere. This humorous, heartwarming collection of stories brings to life a year in High Bluff, Texas, a fictional town sitting atop the highest bluff on th...

Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, and there's been a murder in THE TRI: the high-rise home to resident know-it-alls, Nik and Norva. W...

Reducere. When Tweety moves into Sylvester's apartment building, the poor puddy tat finds himself put out. Can Sylvester slip past Tweety's defenses to retur...

This gorgeously written National Book Award finalist is a dazzling, heart-rending story of an oil rig worker whose closest friend goes missing, plu...

Thousands are homeless, tens of thousands are languishing on social housing waiting lists, even more are unable to afford to rent or buy. Why is ou...

Reducere. Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book features photographs, poems, and interviews with nine children who reveal the hardships and hopes ...

Reducere. This book offers a major rereading of US foreign policy from Thomas Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana expanse to the Korean War. This period of one...

Reducere. An updated and expanded edition of The Eli's Cheesecake Cookbook, released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Eli's Cheesecake. The story of...

Reducere. In the early 1960s, computers haunted the American popular imagination. Bleak tools of the cold war, they embodied the rigid organization and mecha...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Ivan CohenNumber of pages: 32Collection: Looney Tunes Wordless Graphic NovelsPublication date: 202...

Reducere. With more than eighty recipes and stunning photography, writer and radio host Stella Fong marries cherished local ingredients with world flavors. S...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Claire L. WendlandIllustration(s): 6 halftones, 3 tablesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: ...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Dragan (Ed) BalogIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 234 ...

A practical book for students of health promotion and public health. Grounded in the real world, it explains how to design, implement and evaluate ...

Reducere. Description"I was suddenly struck with the sight of a trail of rich red vegetation of several miles in the midst of the eternal snows. I approached...

Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses assoc...

Reducere. For readers of The Handmaid's Tale, The Circle, and Brave New World comes a chilling and distressingly plausible dystopia which creates a world in ...

Using original interviews with estate residents in London, Watt provides a vivid account of estate regeneration and its impacts on marginalised com...