Youth in America

Reducere. Henry James left America in 1875 for the sake of his art and for the rich cultural heritage of Europe. His return in the late summer of 1904, based...

DescriptionYouth, Crime, and Justice is a comprehensive introduction to juvenile justice through a unique case-study approach. Each chapter opens w...

Reducere. In The American Dream for Students of Color, the tenets of the American Dream as a merit narrative enacted in schools are examined to better unders...

DescriptionA memoir by a disability rights activist Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina La Spina's story--from her early years in her native Sicily, where...

This anthology of four plays is the first publication in English of the work of Olivier Py (born in 1965). The volume includes introductions, a bib...

The first monograph to examine Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries, this book explains the significance of Salles' film with respect to the speci...

Reducere. This informative resource responds to recent developments in social work practices in North America and abroad through its exploration of anti-oppr...

A richly illustrated journey through the extraordinary cinematic worlds of beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki For over four decades, Hayao Miyazaki h...

Reducere. If you've been sensing that there is a better way to eliminate debt, you are 100% correct. Never before in history has there been a book devoted to...

Reducere. Just as E. M. Forster's novel of gay love, Maurice, remained unpublished throughout his lifetime, Glenway Wescott's long story "A Visit to Priapus"...

Reducere. We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for in...

Reducere. Poignant, multilayered portraits of America's future farmersA new book by award-winning Minneapolis-based photographer R.J. Kern (born 1978), The U...

Reducere. Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. In The Black C...

Reducere. As the father of the nuclear powered Navy, Adm. Hyman G. Rickover was a pivotal figure in twentieth-century American history. While many books have...

John Muir's Memoir of How He Became The Wandering NaturalistThis deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1913 The Story Of My Boyh...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Paul K. LongmoreEditor: Lauri UmanskyDisability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture. From anteb...

Reducere. Key textile works by Feliciano Centuri n, combining folk art and queer aesthetics in 1990s South America Through the embroidery and painting of ver...

This comprehensive international study provides a cross-national analysis of different understandings of errors and mistakes, as well as lessons to...

Reducere. With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy. Yet, ironically, voter apathy re...

One of the most important books published on slave society, Stolen Childhood focuses on the millions of children and youth enslaved in 19th-century...

Reducere. Originally published in 1969, this parable of racial intrigue centers on the killing of an unarmed black youth by Sergeant Carrigan, a white police...

DescriptionThe one player guide every true baseball fan will want - the leading resource for the next generation of rising stars The Baseball Ameri...

Reducere. "That we women who here to fore have had to sit quietly at home and wait for news from the battlefront have been given that great privilege of doin...

Reducere. Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America, " this two-volume set contains 500 stories and ...

Brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following t...

The British studio potter Michael Cardew (1901-1983) was a man of paradox, a modernist who disliked modernity, a colonial servant who despised Empi...

Reducere. Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus, Dan Egan stares into the mouth of a storm on the tallest mountain on the European continent, a merciless ...

Reducere. FROM SHOOTOUTS AND ROBBERIES to riding in cars with pimps and prostitutes, Frederick Reynolds' early manhood experiences in Detroit, Michigan in th...

Reducere. During the Great Depression, young radicals centered in New York City developed a vision of and for America, molded by their understanding of recen...

Reducere. The first English-language training guide for Sumo wrestling The Japanese cornered the market in producing the best athletes in the sport of amateu...

Reducere. Heavy Tales is the detailed, never before told story as lived by Jonny Zazula of how he founded Megaforce Records out of a flea market in New Jerse...

Reducere. Vinyl 1Side A: The Loveliest Night Of The Year (From "The Great Caruso")Where Do I Begin? (From "Love Story")Maria (From "West Side Story")The Cide...

Reducere. In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and ma...

Reducere. A "ripped from the headlines" thriller about one of the most complex - and personal - national security issues of our modern world.When FBI Special...

Reducere. A Note to the Reader, "Are you aware of the consequences that will most certainly occur should your unraveling come up with the 'truth'? What will ...

A powerful and challenging look at what "success" and belonging mean in America through the eyes of Latino high schoolers. This book challenges dom...

Reducere. Thousands of artistic graphic illustrations, from motorcycles to health food and including rock posters, surf, and skateboard art, jump off these p...

"Snow's Kitchen" is the final book in the "Snow" trilogy and is written in the voice of Snow's daughter, Dolly. This Young Adult novella is a comin...

DescriptionThe Baseball America Almanac has always been the best baseball annual, and now it's the only book on the market that sums up the year in...

Reducere. Two manuscripts in one book: Santería: The Ultimate Guide to Lucumí Spells, Rituals, Orishas, and Practices, Along with the History of How Yoruba L...

Reducere. Books about the sixties have proliferated in recent years, but none has surpassed Nicholas von Hoffman's classic account of the 1960s counter-cultu...

Reducere. In The Name Of Allah: A History of Clarence 13X and The Five Percenters is the first definitive history every written about this powerful youth mov...

Few American artists in any medium have enjoyed the international and lasting cultural impact of Duke Ellington. This title paints a portrait of th...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you have ever felt out of place living in the modern world, Retroculture gives you the option to dwell in a different era.Addressing ...

An unprecedented comparison of juvenile justice systems across the globe, Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective brings together original contribut...

A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Blac...

Reducere. If you've always wanted to say "yes" to homesteading, but don't know where to start, then keep reading...A lot of famous and successful people are ...

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Reducere. Are you familiar with the seven African powers?Do you want to learn the secret of their powers? Do you want to cultivate your own spiritual energy?...

Reducere. On April 4, 1968, at 6: 01 p.m., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only h...

Reducere. The untold story of the founding father's likely Jewish birth and upbringing--and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nati...

Reducere. Since the early 1950s, John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant. He has worked with gove...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Tim SchoonardWhat would you do if your faith was put to the test; everything you believed in was turned upside down; and yo...

Reducere. Trump's Unfinished Business offers a prophetic template to change the face of politics & save the nation from moral rot & Civil War. In one book, y...

Reducere. In 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. Though they le...

Reducere. Description"This is a book that we've needed for a long, long time . . . . This is a book for people who long for community and for people who've f...

Reducere. Tree of Hope chronicles Cara Wilson-Granat's extraordinary twenty-year friendship with Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, featuring their long corre...

Reducere. From shootouts and robberies to riding in cars with pimps and prostitutes, Frederick Reynolds' early manhood experiences in Detroit, Michigan in th...

Reducere. Description(Music Sales America). Hundreds of guitar tunings in all styles, from folk to Celtic to rock, are included in this unique volume. It cov...

Reducere. Columbia University Refugee Project - Hungary 1945-1956While the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 may be largely forgotten by many in America, it is de...

The Temagami region of northern Ontario has been a magnet for recreational canoeists since the 1890s, when city dwellers began embarking on long, g...

Reducere. DescriptionWho was the Mysterious 355? Culper Ring members such as Robert Townsend and Hercules Mulligan are well known for the part they played in...

Reducere. Diane Nilan's behind-the-scenes look at families without homes in America. Follow Diane Nilan into broken-down RVs, leaky tents, shabby motel rooms...

Reducere. A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville, who "honors the beautiful, the s...

Reducere. An empowering book on propelling profound social change by going inward, from a mindfulness teacher and activist who has turned personal practice i...

Reducere. This seventh instalment in the memoirs of the Georgian rogue Thomas Flashman reveals that, despite his suffering through the Napoleonic Wars, he di...

Reducere. DescriptionA "beast" and a "dinosaur" to some, an "extremist" to the mainstream Church and media, and a hero to loving and loyal admirers, Bishop R...

Reducere. A New York Times Best Seller Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and le...

Reducere. In this deeply felt, unforgettable book, Bill Reynolds journeys with a high school basketball team through the past and present of an American town...

Reducere. In 1920 Henry Ford bought "The Dearborn Independent, " a virile and very independent journal published in his home town. He used it to publish his ...