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Pros(e)
ISBN: 9780988259621 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are as many truths about the sex trade as there are people who participate in it. In this new collection of creative nonfiction, people who've tangled with the sex industry write about the complications that arise in the mix of sex and money. From the accounts of love and loss, occupational hazards and tricks of the trade to personal stories of hope, resistance and survival, Pros(e) is a fiery collection of narratives by people who have walked the walk, and are now telling their tales. The contributions in the book were written by the participants of the Red Umbrella Project's first...
There are as many truths about the sex trade as there are people who participate in it. In this new collection of creative nonfiction, people who've t...
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The Chiefs' Country: Leadership and Politics in Honiara, Soloman Islands
ISBN: 9781921902246 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this autobiographical account of life in Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands, Michael Kwa'ioloa reflects on the challenges of raising a family in town, managing marriage exchanges, and sustaining ties with a distant rural homeland in Malaita island. He also participates in a long tradition of political activism by community leaders or chiefs, whose role was severely tested by the violent conflict between Malaitans and the indigenous Guadalcanal people at the turn of the century. Kwa'ioloa provides a local perspective on the causes and course of this unhappy episode in his country's...
In this autobiographical account of life in Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands, Michael Kwa'ioloa reflects on the challenges of raising a family in t...
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Jack London's Neighborhood: A Pleasure Walker's and Reader's Guide to History and Inspiration in Alameda
ISBN: 9781456809331 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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Sissieretta Jones: The Greatest Singer of Her Race, 1868-1933
ISBN: 9781611172805 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, whose nickname the "Black Patti" likened her to the well-known Spanish-born opera star Adelina Patti, was a distinguished African American soprano during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, Jones also sang before four U.S. presidents. In this compelling book-length biography of Jones, Maureen Donnelly Lee chronicles the successes and challenges of this musical pioneer. Lee details how Jones was able to overcome substantial obstacles of racial bias to build a twenty-eight-year...
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, whose nickname the "Black Patti" likened her to the well-known Spanish-born opera star Adelina Patti, was a distingu...
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112,60 |
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A Fusion Of Cultures: A Memoir by Estela Gustilo Igpuara Dorn
ISBN: 9781484160213 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A memoir that is funny, witty, entertaining and an eye-opener to growing up in the Philippines, working in Iran, living in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and traveling to other countries. Differences in social mores from other countries are met with a positive attitude, belief in humankind and ability to learn from one another. Traveling has opened her eyes to the world. Marriage has provided her a good grip in life. She is energized with people. This memoir is a testament to the author's outgoing personality and how she has managed to change Mobile International Festival from a...
A memoir that is funny, witty, entertaining and an eye-opener to growing up in the Philippines, working in Iran, living in New Orleans, Louisiana, and...
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80,88 |
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Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways: Travels in Deep Southern Time, Circum-Caribbean Space, Afro-Creole Authority
ISBN: 9780820345369 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "We're seeing people that we didn't know exist," the director of FEMA acknowledged in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways offers a corrective to some of America's institutionalized invisibilities by delving into the submerged networks of ritual performance, writing, intercultural history, and migration that have linked the coastal U.S. South with the Caribbean and the wider Atlantic world. This interdisciplinary study slips beneath the bar of rigid national and literary periods, embarking upon deeper--more rhythmic and embodied--signatures of time. It... "We're seeing people that we didn't know exist," the director of FEMA acknowledged in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gatew... |
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691,18 |
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Spreading Wing
ISBN: 9781479262687 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pat Gillum, a hillbilly with an adventurous soul, spins many true stories of his ancestors, as they push their way west in the mid 1800s. They eventually all gather up around Wing, Arkansas, deep in the Ouachita mountains, around 1898. They do well there, for the times, with much hard work. The Great Depression accompanied by six consecutive very hot, dry years changes all that, however, and by the time Pat comes upon the scene in 1944, the Gillums have reverted back to how they lived before the Depression, living off the land, the forests and the river, back during the "good times." Pat...
Pat Gillum, a hillbilly with an adventurous soul, spins many true stories of his ancestors, as they push their way west in the mid 1800s. They eventua...
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I Am
ISBN: 9781480182271 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I Am, is Christian Wolanyo Reavis made bare for the world to see. I Am is a diary secretly wanting to be read and the constant metamorphosis of quiet observation, rigorous conflict and the blunt motivation that urges us all to rise from the ashes. I Am defines all of us. I Am is a journey- with forks, curves and pending choices to be made. This true to life flashback of what was and could have been, grips its audience and engages; all through the eyes of this insightful, contemporary writer. I Am challenges human-kind to think outside of routine and expand our collective consciousness to new...
I Am, is Christian Wolanyo Reavis made bare for the world to see. I Am is a diary secretly wanting to be read and the constant metamorphosis of quiet ...
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40,43 |
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Sunrays of Solace
ISBN: 9781480239623 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,56 |
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Jerusalem Stone -- a Memoir
ISBN: 9781481139168 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My adventures in Italy should appeal to those who love Italian opera and culture. The present is interspersed with remembrances of past family life.
My adventures in Italy should appeal to those who love Italian opera and culture. The present is interspersed with remembrances of past family life.
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Walking Out Into the Sunshine: Recollections and Reflections: A Palestinian Personal Experience
ISBN: 9781935766612 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Walking Out into the Sunshine is the personal story of a Palestinian born in Haifa in1935. As a result of the Israeli/Palestinian war of 1948, he and his family became refugees in Tyre, Lebanon. Later, he immigrated to the United States where he received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and taught, as a university professor, for more than three decades. The story provides an eyewitness account of Middle Eastern history, politics, religions, inter-community relations, economics, refugee status, education, immigration, inner conflicts, friendships, family life, and love in Arab and American...
Walking Out into the Sunshine is the personal story of a Palestinian born in Haifa in1935. As a result of the Israeli/Palestinian war of 1948, he and ...
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The Help of Destin, Emma Irby
ISBN: 9781477502785 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You will love "Emma" A fixture of Destin for 37 years and the only black person actually living there. Always wacky, wonderful and wise; her truisms will crack you up. A mystery persona who came from an isolated, "lost" cotton plantation in Alabama that remained unchanged for 130 years--even she never knew her own age. She cleaned house and raised the children of millionaires, and gave us advice on clothing, men and marriage. Emma turned out to be a descendent of a smuggled slave named Dave, on the most magnificent sailing yacht in America, an event which led directly to the Civil War In her...
You will love "Emma" A fixture of Destin for 37 years and the only black person actually living there. Always wacky, wonderful and wise; her truisms w...
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56,65 |
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Two Feet: Two feet: Random Thoughts and Random Travels
ISBN: 9781481928793 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is what I imagine:
The Indian doctor from Calcutta would use his stethoscope and listen to my father's chest. "Breathe in, breathe out," he would say. "And again, please." Amplified in his ears, the doctor from Calcutta would hear the gurgling and dying of the haggis. He would close his eyes to this sound as he listened and he would imagine himself driving on the long road to the city with the Bollywood starlet sitting beside him in his American car. Under the vast African sky, a young boy is forced to come to terms with a whole new reality. Abandoned by his father, his new playground... This is what I imagine:
The Indian doctor from Calcutta would use his stethoscope and listen to my father's chest. "Breathe in, breathe out," he wo... |
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25,28 |
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Southern Mystique
ISBN: 9781608463060 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The South has long been surrounded in mystique. In this powerful volume, drawing on Zinn's own experiences teaching in the South and working within the Southern civil rights movement, Zinn challenges the stereotypes surrounding the South, race relations, and how change happens in history. With a new introduction from the author.
The South has long been surrounded in mystique. In this powerful volume, drawing on Zinn's own experiences teaching in the South and working within th...
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The Life of Olaudah Equiano
ISBN: 9781602068001 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 1789, Equianos autobiography was the first of its kind to influence a wide audience. He told the story of his life and suffering as a slave. He describes scenes of outrageous torture and made it clear to his readers how the institution of slavery dehumanized both owner and slave.
Equianos work became an important part of the abolitionist cause, because he was able to portray Africans with a humanity that many slave traders tried to deny. Anyone with an interest in the slave trade or the abolitionist movement will find this book essential reading. Nigerian slave and... Published in 1789, Equianos autobiography was the first of its kind to influence a wide audience. He told the story of his life and suffering as a sla...
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Large Print 16pt)
ISBN: 9781459636033 / Angielski / Miękka / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the...
One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella ...
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Large Print 16pt), Volume 2
ISBN: 9781459658042 / Angielski / Miękka / 558 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the black freedom struggle. She was a national officer and key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a prime...
One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella ...
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233,02 |
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Five from Wisconsin: Beer, Brats, Cheese and More
ISBN: 9781530893201 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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22,25 |
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Footsteps from Judea: My Journey in Krav Maga and Life
ISBN: 9781530874774 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Back cover Footsteps from Judea -My steps begin in Judea, my home, my ancestral home. My Krav Maga travels take me around the world but I always return home to Judea, to Israel. This book records my thoughts and observations as I travel both physically and spiritually. The lessons are universal and as such nearly each entry is someone's favorite as he feels it was written specifically for him and for his situation. My hope is that my words will help others along their own personal journeys through time and space.- Moshe Katz is a high ranking Krav Maga instructor and founder of Israeli Krav...
Back cover Footsteps from Judea -My steps begin in Judea, my home, my ancestral home. My Krav Maga travels take me around the world but I always retur...
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64,70 |
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Footsteps from Judea: My Journey in Krav Maga and Life
ISBN: 9781530870158 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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