Urban communities

Truth is constant.

At the border where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet under the scrutiny of the US and Mercosur (the large South American trade bloc), Arabs have long fulfilled what author John Tofik Karam calls a manifold destiny.

Driven by the love for storytelling, this autobiography was written in the form of short stories (based on true events).

This book is about a man who had a dream at a very tender age and lived the dream despite all the odds that were stacked against him.

Quotations from Sitting Bull, Wilma Mankiller, N.

It's Not What Things You See, It's How You See Things deals with many of the issues that are plaguing people in every walk of like.

This provocative examination of Aztec marriage practices offers a powerful analysis of the dynamics of society and politics in Mexico before and after the Spanish conquest.

This children's book was inspired by the little African American girls in my family and the experiences and challenges they face on the schoolyard and classrooms.

The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit.

Jaylen (Hiccup) and Larry (Ribbit) are cousins.

One of the most paradoxical aspects of Cuban history is the coexistence of national myths of racial harmony with lived experiences of racial inequality.

Fascinating events told to a young girl by her father in the early 1900s.

Puede una madre ignorar el esfuerzo que hizo uno de sus hijos para lograr la estabilidad familiar, dejandolo sin herencia?

The birth of the world's great megacities is the surest and starkest harbinger of the ';urban age' inaugurated in the twentieth century.

As we grow and develop in life, things never turn out how we want or expect them to, regardless of how much money, family, or friends we have.

Copyright law, policy, and practice underwrites the publication and sale of books.

"e;What roles do literary and community texts and social media play in the memory, politics, and lived experience of those dispossessed?

At the dawn of the 1700s the Natchez viewed the first Francophones in the Lower Mississippi Valley as potential inductees to their chiefdom.

A hard and unnerving look at how changing demographics will forever alter our countrys dialogue on race.

"e;Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi"e; —Vanity FairAn unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love letter to lost New York by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing New York.

Esta memoria es la historia autentica de una madre trabajadora inmigrante cuyo exodo la condujo a unas vacaciones involuntarias a largo plazo a los Estados Unidos de America.

It is important for America to move forward in solving racism, but why is it so hard for people to come together?

Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as Ladino or non-Indian.

Public education often clashes with the legal, ethical, and civil rights of its teachers.

Most histories of the Civil Rights Movement start with all the players in place--among them organized groups of African Americans, White Citizens' Councils, nervous politicians, and religious leaders struggling to find the right course.

Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.

Griot: The Evolution of Edgecombe is the true story that chronicles the journey of three African captives from their homelands of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Angola into the hands of European slave traders.

"e;Through the voices of ordinary Native Americans .

Just My Opinion is a fun and exciting read.

Les filles d’Aataentsic met en lumière et relie les vies uniques de sept femmes Weⁿdat/Waⁿdat dont l’héritage se fait encore sentir aujourd’hui.

From Rags to His Riches: When Your Purpose Is Greater than Your Brokenness!

Careless People is a story of family and friends living in Corona del Mar, a small beach community in Southern California.

Back Cover I believe my book captures many interesting and exciting situations.

Tres mundos guiados por la fuerza de un planeta, la tierra.

Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.

U Don't Define Me, I'm Free, was written for the following reasons:Corporate glass ceiling benefits who?

In 1997, when Lucia Guerra-Reyes began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the birth care desires of health personnel and those of indigenous women.

This is a memoir of my life story.

The goal and motivation for publishing this book is to promote pride, faith, importance of goals, education, and achievement.

Cuando decidi escribir esta historia, crei que conocia el desarrollo de la vida de dos personas, que fueron cambiando su vida, con base en sus mentiras, para conseguir sus diferentes metas y objetivos personales.

The author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism and The New Class Conflict challenges conventions of urban planning.

Con un matiz educativo, consejos y recomendaciones van de la mano en cada relato.

African Americans go through so much on a day-to-day basis.

Upon reflection, Charlie E.