The Least Among Us: The Lives of Homeless Women in Springfield, Illinois, Hardcover - James Traveler

Reducere. In The Least Among Us, James Traveler shares the stories of six homeless women in order "to inject compassion into the numb consciences of those wh...

Reducere. DescriptionSpringfield Illinois has a rich history of locally owned and family operated neighborhood taverns. The tavern business was an honorable ...

Reducere. In an era when minorities struggled for recognition, LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller furthered the interests of Native Americans and forged a ne...

DescriptionIn Staying Alive While Living the Life, Sue-Ann MacDonald and Benjamin Roebuck unpack the realities of living on the streets from the pe...

Reducere. Shine is for all of the passionate seekers, visionary creators, and bold trailblazers (and their children) who strive to make meaningful contributi...

Based on interviews and archival research, this book explores how media is implicated in Black women's lives in Britain. From accounts of twentieth...

Reducere. The Saigon Sisters offers the narratives of a group of privileged women who were immersed in a French lyc e and later rebelled and fought for indep...

Reducere. What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, LaKisha Simmons blends social history and cultural s...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Linda GordonNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 28Cover type: Paper...

He explains what it is really like to see ghosts, how to recognise which sort of energies surround a person or place, ways to protect ourselves fro...

Reducere. "(The Least Among Them) is the ultimate insider book." - Marty Appel "This charming and meticulously researched book will remind you of baseball's ...

A searing look at the birth of America's space program, and the men and women aviators who set its course.In the 1960s, locked in a heated race to ...

Reducere. Sit at the feet of Pope Francis as he preaches to you! This collection includes highlights of the Holy Father's homilies and addresses on Gospels t...

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Longstanding Mexican and Puerto Rican populations have helped make people of mixed nationalities--MexiGuatamalans, CubanRicans, and others--an impo...

Reducere. In boardrooms and lecture halls, on the field and at home, strong female leaders are making a statement around the globe. In HOW GREAT WOMEN LEAD B...

Reducere. Description"A lively encounter with identity and American military history in Okinawa. Night in the American Village is by turns intellectual, hip,...

The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents...

Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): James TenneyNumber of pages: 504Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 157 x 235 x 35Cover type: Paper...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): James TenneyNumber of pages: 504Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 212 x 148 x 23Cover type: Hardb...

DescriptionEach business day, some 35, 000 executives, scientists, consultants, and lawyers pass through the nation's airports to destinations acro...

"Linda's story is uniquely American - overcoming all odds to form a partnership between community and military that was unheard of in 1968 ... a pa...

Reducere. What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?"Wickedly entertaining, informative and thought-provoking. An insightful, modern look at the lives of women ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Caroline KlineIllustration(s): 4 chartsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 ...

Reducere. The bible of Sasquatch/Bigfoot, reprinted in it's original form. With the explosion of knowledge taking place in recent decades, scientists are con...

DescriptionFirst aired in 1989, The Simpsons has become America's most beloved animation. It changed the world of television, bringing to the scree...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Aria S. HallidayIllustration(s): 34 color photographsNumber of pages: 208Collection: Feminist Med...

Reducere. From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes The Game of Lives, the final book in the Mortality Doctri...

Reducere. In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history, the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East. Ins...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Rachel E. BlackNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 25Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. DescriptionFor fans of Rad American Women A-Z, Rebel Girls, and Women Who Dared comes an inspiring collection of more than 80 profiles about the br...

Reducere. Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an u...

Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most o...

A groundbreaking book exploring homelessness in Britain today, filled with heartbreaking stories of struggle, survival and the life on our streets ...

A groundbreaking book exploring homelessness in Britain today, filled with heartbreaking stories of struggle, survival and the life on our streets ...

DescriptionThe horrific world of modern slavery is exposed in this book based on the first-hand experiences of victims of human trafficking. Throug...

Abraham and his wife made their African slave a surrogate mother and she bore Abraham a half-black heir. Later, God wished to use Moses and his Eth...

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