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Adriana Mart?nez, a first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrants, grew up in the housing projects, made it to Stanford University and beyond, and has spent a lifetime searching for and finding inner peace and happiness on her own terms.This empowering book, always lyrical with sprinkles...

'A convincing case for socialist democratic planning as the only way to meet the needs of billions of humans without destroying the planet' Michael Roberts, economist and author of Capitalism in the 21st Century 'An engaging assessment of the most urgent problem of our...

One of the Toronto Star's 25 books to read this season From the #1 national bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet and True Reconciliation, a truly unique history of our land--powerful, devastating, remarkable--as told through the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples....

Four different people were trapped in a prison called war, each with its own unique mental battle, trying to survive in this world, hoping to forget the insanity of war, yet the scars in their life keep reminding them of the old four walls...

Psicolog?a moderna para superar los dramas del d?a a d?a. Tu vida est? llena de dramas innecesarios? Act?as r?pidamente cuando ves cosas que no te gustan de los dem?s? Ser capaz dediferenciar las banderas rojas de las verdes requiere un esfuerzo para cambiar nuestras...

A history of American Western genre comics and how they interacted with contemporaneous political and popular culture.Redrawing the Western charts a history of the Western genre in American comics from the late 1800s through the 1970s and beyond. Encompassing the core years in which...

Kraus could feel the blood drain from his face. Only his police trainingand combat experience kept him from throwing up. He looked at the covered body, then back at Laveroni. "Go ahead," Laveroni said. "We've been here since four-thirty. Got all the preliminaries." Los...

Written as a textbook for LIS students taking reference courses, this fully updated and revised seventh edition of Reference and Information Services: An Introduction also serves as a helpful handbook for practitioners to refamiliarize themselves with particular types and formats of sources and to...

This volume results from the 2021 International Obsidian Conference (IOC), a virtual symposium held in the spring of 2021. Originally scheduled as an in-person event at the University of California, Berkeley, the conference transitioned to a virtual venue due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

Challenging the standard view that England emerged as a dominant power and Wales faded into obscurity after Edward I's conquest in 1282, this book considers how Welsh (and British) history became an enduringly potent instrument of political power in the late Middle Ages. Brought...

A glorious Christmas book about the best gift of all -- family! Ursula Dubosarsky was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020 - 2021. It's Christmas time in Australia, and Reindeer has great fun giving presents to his friends -- Cat, Dog and Guinea Pig....

There is no better season to renew one's relationship with God than Easter, the most joyful days of the church's year. Rejoice with these inspiring reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just a few minutes each day, the insightful meditations of Rejoice and...

Author: B. M. ValdezPublisher: Booklocker.comPublished: 10/05/2024Pages: 354Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.79dISBN: 9781959620464This title is not returnable

This book presents a wide-ranging and original meditation on cartographies of connection in all the arts of the baroque period.Author: Peter DavidsonPublisher: Manchester University PressPublished: 07/30/2024Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dISBN: 9781526169341About the AuthorPeter Davidson is Senior Research Fellow in...

Author: Samuel L. PerryPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 5.40h x 5.40w x 0.10dISBN: 9780197672556

Ann Goldingay had multiple sclerosis. And, over a period of forty-three years, that eventually left her not only wheelchair-bound but unable to swallow or speak. In this book, John Goldingay reflects on their married life together and on her remarkable life, and on what...

Author: Julie FosterPublisher: Pen & Publish, LLCPublished: 11/01/2024Pages: 254Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781956897517

The contributions of this volume discuss the broad field of transformation processes in Muslim societies from different perspectives with various disciplinary approaches. Apart from methodological questions the authors investigate religious and social developments in Africa and the Near and Middle East while focusing e.g....

Author: Beth Benatti Kennedy, Karthik Venkatakrishnan, Songmao (Ben) ZhengPublisher: River Grove BooksPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 226Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48dISBN: 9781632998415

Weaving together romance with political intrigue, this enlightening mystery immerses the reader in an entertaining lover's quest.A decade after the Spanish Civil War, a visitor is captivated by the country's romantic allure. Richard falls for a Basque intern, who challenges his na?ve perspective of...