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The Pantarch: A Biography of Stephen Pearl Andrews
ISBN: 9781477305126 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An abolitionist and a champion of free love and women's rights would seem decidedly out of place in nineteenth-century Texas, but such a man was Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812-1886), American reformer, civil rights proponent, pioneer in sociology, advocate of reformed spelling, lawyer, and eccentric philosopher. Since his life mirrored and often anticipated the various reform movements spawned not only in Texas but in the United States in the nineteenth century, this first biography of him sharply reflects and elucidates his times. The extremely important role Andrews played in the... An abolitionist and a champion of free love and women's rights would seem decidedly out of place in nineteenth-century Texas, but such a man was St... |
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Empire, Race and the Politics of Anti-Caste
ISBN: 9781474233392 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the Women's History Network Prize 2014 Winner of the Women's History Network Prize 2014 |
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131,39 |
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The Story of Millard and Linda Fuller, Founders of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing
ISBN: 9780988284883 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1973, millionaire entrepreneur Millard Fuller and his wife Linda left behind their materialistic lifestyle and crumbling marriage to start over as missionaries in Zaire. On returning to Georgia in 1976, they founded Habitat for Humanity to bring new life to the poverty-stricken. Building Habitat into the mega-giant largest non-profit Housing ministry in the world with branches in some 110 countries, they were fired by the International Board in 2005, at which point they immediately founded The Fuller Center for Housing--now a rival to Habitat for Humanity. This is the story of two "simple...
In 1973, millionaire entrepreneur Millard Fuller and his wife Linda left behind their materialistic lifestyle and crumbling marriage to start over as ...
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91,54 |
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Conceal Carry; Pause: The Pursuit of Trained Readiness with a goal to Avoid a 3-second-long Gun Fight
ISBN: 9780989474559 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By nature we do not court danger, but it can court us. Knowing how to handle the unexpected is important. Both armed and unarmed people must follow the very same steps for self-protection. Although when things escalate to Code Black, the unarmed will likely have no means to overcome the life-threatening amount of force against them. Actions for survival can be learned and routinely practiced by armed and unarmed citizens. Licensed armed citizens provide an invisible presence and are a respected deterrent within a society braced for increasing random acts of violence. The reader follows the...
By nature we do not court danger, but it can court us. Knowing how to handle the unexpected is important. Both armed and unarmed people must follow th...
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39,93 |
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Memoirs from the Boss: A Man's Venture into Plus Lifestyle & Fashion: Featuring Tips for Aspiring Plus Models From Gwen DeVoe, CEO of Full Fi
ISBN: 9781506124780 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet Devine, Mr. Curve Nation. This is a man's journey into the world of the female-dominated plus-size industry and includes contributions and tips for aspiring plus size models from the CEO and Founder of Full Figured Fashion Week, Gwen DeVoe, and successful working plus models, Christina Mendez, Keri Atkins, Jessica Likas, and Lauren Helms.
Meet Devine, Mr. Curve Nation. This is a man's journey into the world of the female-dominated plus-size industry and includes contributions and tips f...
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48,12 |
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Danger in the Desert: One Woman's Quest for Truth and Justice
ISBN: 9781505998962 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Join the author on an autobiographical international journey involving mystery, political intrigue and potential danger to us all Watch this once mild-mannered school teacher trying to make good on an innocent commitment, as she unravels the mystery of missing ocean containers full of humanitarian aid and ends up in the offices of US officials, working with ambassadors, and testifying before the United Nations. Naive no more, Nancy Huff is anything but mild-mannered as she pleads with the world to return a stolen generation of Sahrawi refugees stranded in the middle of the Sahara Desert,...
Join the author on an autobiographical international journey involving mystery, political intrigue and potential danger to us all Watch this once mild...
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave
ISBN: 9781507608432 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.
is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous o...
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The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller; An African American Playwright
ISBN: 9781942774013 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. BOOK OVERVIEW Charles Fuller is a pre-eminent American dramatist. The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller is an accessible and appropriate introduction to the mind of Fuller for those who know his work and those who do not. For an author who did not set out to be a Pulitzer Prize winner but rather one who would use every dimension of his multifaceted life to dramatize the narratives of African American people he has succeeded in being an influential voice in the dramatic arena. Few critics have examined Fuller seriously and in some ways his work, like that of other black writers, has fallen...
BOOK OVERVIEW Charles Fuller is a pre-eminent American dramatist. The Dramatic Genius of Charles Fuller is an accessible and appropriate introduction ...
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103,19 |
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A Model of Prevention: Life Lessons
ISBN: 9781612059259 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An autobiography of a ground-breaking medical doctor. Dr. David A. Hamburg started as a medical student with interest in stress disorders, paying special attention to the propensity toward violence, including the evolution of human aggression. This lead him on a path to becoming one of the most highly celebrated doctors in America - he was a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian award of the United States). Most recently, he chaired committees at the United Nations and European...
An autobiography of a ground-breaking medical doctor. Dr. David A. Hamburg started as a medical student with interest in stress disorders, paying spec...
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Plain Radical: Living, Loving and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully
ISBN: 9781593766184 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psychology who developed anarchist-influenced, radical-feminist, and anti-imperialist politics, while never losing touch with his rural roots. But perhaps the most important thing about Jim is that throughout his life, almost literally to his dying breath, he spent some part of every day on the most important work we have: tending the garden. Plain Radical is a touching homage to a close friend and mentor taken too soon. But it is also an...
There was nothing out of the ordinary about Jim Koplin. He was just your typical central Minnesota gay farm boy with a Ph.D. in experimental psycholog...
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64,79 |
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Ils veulent vivre dans la dignite
ISBN: 9781507882368 / Francuski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
ISBN: 9780199371518 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they were "colored." Terrell, a former suffragette and one of the country's first college-educated African American women, took the matter to court. Three years later, the Supreme Court vindicated her outrage: District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc. was decided in June 1953,...
In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the Whi...
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Dorothy Day: Love in Action
ISBN: 9780814637036 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.
A lifelong radical who took the gospels at their word, Dorothy Day lived among the poor as one of them, challenging both church and state to build a better world for all people. Steeped in prayer, the liturgy, and the spiritual life, she was jailed repeatedly for protesting poverty, injustice, and war. Through it all, she created a sense of community and remained down-to-earth and humanly approachable. To have... By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the...
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Blue Grit: A Life on the Front Lines of Humanitarian Action with the United Nations
ISBN: 9781505298345 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating, funny and sometimes harrowing account of the global crises that have defined how the United Nations responds to today's most intractable humanitarian emergencies. Written by a veteran crisis responder of the United Nations, "Blue Grit" is a true insider's account of "the good, the bad and the ugly."
A fascinating, funny and sometimes harrowing account of the global crises that have defined how the United Nations responds to today's most intractabl...
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Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman
ISBN: 9780190248598 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hedgeman ought to be a household name, but until now has received only a fraction of the attention she deserves. In Until There Is Justice, author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman...
A demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of ...
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Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers
ISBN: 9780691642383 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The strength of this book . . . encompasses a broad view of history from the bottom up and deals not only with biographical background of the nonelite in labor but with insights into black, immigrant, and grassroots working-class history as well."--Choice Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in... "The strength of this book . . . encompasses a broad view of history from the bottom up and deals not only with biographical background of the none... |
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Acting Like It Matters: John Malpede and the Los Angeles Poverty Department
ISBN: 9781507504239 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For thirty years John Malpede and the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), have created electrifying political theater by confounding audience expectations. Made up largely of homeless and formerly homeless men and women from L.A.'s Skid Row, LAPD has evolved from staging "happenings" on street corners and in shelters to taking complex ensemble pieces to cities across the United States, Europe and Latin America. Instead of creating illusions, the LAPD strips them away. LAPD actors know first-hand about poverty, addiction, crime, homelessness, class prejudice and the political hypocrisy that...
For thirty years John Malpede and the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), have created electrifying political theater by confounding audience expec...
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48,15 |
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Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer
ISBN: 9781941066065 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1964. Imagine a country where you are a slave. You have no rights. You cannot attend public schools, the public library, restaurants, parks, churches, or movie theaters. You cannot vote or meet and organize with others like yourself who are denied these rights. That country is the United States of America, in the State of Mississippi. You are black. Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer is a rst-person account of Charles Prickett, a college student and civil rights activist, who worked during the Mississippi Freedom Summer of1964. This moving account explores rural Mississippi...
The year is 1964. Imagine a country where you are a slave. You have no rights. You cannot attend public schools, the public library, restaurants, park...
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60,20 |
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Tomorrow Will Be Better
ISBN: 9781508806226 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tomorrow Will Be Better is an intimate conversation, a history primer, a discussion of current events, a Spoken Word Collection, and an invitation to engagement in social justice - all in one. While it is appropriate for any mature reader, it is especially pertinent to high school and college students seeking to better understand themselves and their roles in the world.
Tomorrow Will Be Better is an intimate conversation, a history primer, a discussion of current events, a Spoken Word Collection, and an invitation to ...
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60,20 |
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James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement
ISBN: 9780813166254 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and poor. In turn, they devoted their lives to the fight for equality, serving as career activists throughout the black freedom movement. Having grown up in Virginia during the depths of the Great Depression, the Jacksons also saw a path to racial equality through the Communist Party. This choice in political affiliation would come to shape and define not only their participation in the black freedom movement but also the course of their own marriage... James Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson grew up understanding that opportunities came differently for blacks and whites, men and women, rich and po... |
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