Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, Hardcover - Andrea Elliott

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

Iconic urbanist Lewis Mumford stressed the role of a well-constructed city in the development of the good life, championing pedestrian-scaled, sust...

On the west bank of the Mississippi lies the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Short on hope but big on dreams, its mostly poor and marginalized...

Home to over 730, 000 people, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population ...

An extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict.

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 ...

Reducere. "Acknowledgement is the first step in the journey of unpacking the ways our cities are built with systems of power and erasure. True reconciliation...

Wayne Jenkins and his team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - were the city's lauded and decorated heroes.

Reducere. "Written in 1965 about a same-sex sexual scandal that occurred in 1955 in Boise, Idaho, John Gerassi's classic study depicts both middle America's ...

For years, Sgt Wayne Jenkins and his elite team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - had been the city's lauded heroes, working t...

Reducere. Andre Norman's early life put him on a path to prison. Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre gravitated to his neighborhood gang. ...

Reducere. Two decades after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, America still is reeling from lingering trauma. Award-winning journalist Bill Tammeus was among th...

Reducere. One of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential...

The United States is at a crossroads. Despite a defense budget that dwarfs that of any of the nation's rivals, the marginal return on this investme...

Reducere. Andre Norman's early life put him on a path to prison. Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre gravitated to his neighborhood gang. ...

Herrin, Illinois, has seen many dramatic events unfold in the nearly two hundred years since it was a bell-shaped prairie on the frontier. Now, Her...

Survival of the City is an essential guide to the past and future of our citiesPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): David CutlerNumber of pages: ...

Reducere. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is the orphaned foster son of a failed doctor on the run from his father's debt. In 1849, he travels to Independen...

Reducere. How I Got Over: A Testimonial of Hope and Survival After Repetitive Child Loss is a very open and honest testimony about personal experiences that ...

Reducere. Disc 1Side A 1. Rhapsody in Blue (Arranged for Orchestra by Grofe)Side B 1. An American in ParisDisc 2Side A 1. Concerto in F: I. AllegroSide B 1. ...

Survival of the City is an essential guide to the past and future of our citiesPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionAuthor(s): David Cutle...

Reducere. The American Revolution is raging in Philadelphia, and Rebecca is determined to do all she can to help. With her father stationed with Washington's...

Reducere. A Holocaust memoir unlike any other: first-person accounts by nine family members, separated, disguised, and desperate to survive the Nazi occupati...

Reducere. The settlement of Poverty Point, occupied from about 1700 to 1100 BC and once the largest city in North America, stretches across 345 acres in nort...

Reducere. 1. Rhapsody In Blue - 14: 512. An American In Paris - 18: 09Piano Concerto In F (31: 57)3. I: Allegro - 12: 554. II: Adagio - Andante Con Moto - 12...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Douglas AbramsNumber of pages: 272Collection: Global Icons SeriesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 144 x 223...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Douglas AbramsNumber of pages: 272Collection: Global Icons SeriesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Jill JonnesIllustration(s): 48 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

DescriptionThe compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty y...

Reducere. DescriptionWe have a glut of text and trade books on American history. But what we don't have is a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compuls...

Reducere. Life is a journey through great blessings and at times, painful trials. We may be facing the loss of a loved one, a life-threatening disease, or a ...

Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promise--until her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a li...

A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival.Publisher: Ad Lib Publishers LtdAuth...

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 ...

Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and hope that marks the lives of some in the A...

The rocketing milk consumption and production in China are of increasing global food safety, health, and environmental concerns. Milk Craze examine...

Reducere. Dedicated to all those living elsewhere who would rather be in TucsonTucson is the first comprehensive history of a unique corner of America, a cit...

Death at Dozier School is the history of the controversial and oft-sensationalized "Boot Hill" Cemetery at the former Dozier School for Boys in Mar...

Reducere. More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces o...

Reducere. John Eugene Rodriguez's Spanish New Orleans is the first comprehensive academic analysis of how Spain governed the largest imperial city in its Nor...

Description"A reminder that even the smallest newspapers can hold the most powerful among us accountable."--The New York Times Book ReviewIowa play...

A moving graphic novel telling the true story of a young boy caught up in the terror of World War IIPublisher: Otter-Barry Books LtdAuthor(s): Hele...