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Author : Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781583308370
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (83 download)
Download or read book On Bus Stops, Bakers, and Beggars written by Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Scarry
Publisher : Golden Books
ISBN 13 : 030715548X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Richard Scarry's Best Picture Dictionary Ever written by Richard Scarry and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1998-06-22 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual and fun-filled dictionary from the one and only, Richard Scarry! Richard Scarry brings his classic style and beloved characters to this adventurous picture dictionary—now celebrating its 50th anniversary! With over 2,500 words and featuring over 1,000 pictures, young readers are in for hours of fun, learning, and busy discovery in this classic picture book.
Author : Roy Coleman
Publisher : Sigma Press
ISBN 13 : 9781850587149
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (871 download)
Download or read book By-way Biking on the North York Moors written by Roy Coleman and published by Sigma Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zak Mucha
Publisher : Red 71 Press Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780966947601
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (476 download)
Download or read book The Beggars' Shore written by Zak Mucha and published by Red 71 Press Incorporated. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joseph Askew of Chicago abandons the religious cult of his youth, he expects to gain personal freedom, instead he becomes a slave to drugs and sex. A look at people mired in poverty and despair.
Author : Ellen Boccuzzi
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 162840566X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Bangkok Bound written by Ellen Boccuzzi and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter‐narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding large‐scale processes in real‐life stories of individuals. In Thailand, migrant writers have documented the social and cultural impacts of fifty years of rural‐urban migration through hundreds of stories, poems, and novels. Bangkok Bound is the first book to examine this body of literature and the messages that Thai migrant writers convey about their experiences. These stories powerfully describe the ways in which migrants who leave their homes bound for Bangkok are quickly bound to Bangkok through the transformative force of modern city life. And they show the ways in which those who remain behind in the village are transformed, too, as they struggle to maintain a rural way of life in a rapidly urbanizing world. Bangkok Bound will be of interest to anyone working on migration or urbanization, as well as to scholars of Thailand and Thai literature. Specialists in migration will find it a welcome addition to the growing field of migration studies through examination of narrative fiction. What others are saying “This is an engaging and authoritative study of literary representations of migration from the provinces to Bangkok based on wide reading of short stories written over the last four decades and interviews with major writers and critics. It will be of interest not only to students of literature, but also to anyone interested in social change in Thailand in the late twentieth century and the way that it has been perceived and recorded by local writers.” —David Smyth, SOAS, University of London Highlights - Useful for an introductory course on Thai or Southeast Asian studies; offers a springboard for conversations on development, rural‐urban inequality, migration, and the impacts of rapid urbanization in Asia - First book to examine the theme of migration in Thai literature, a significant contemporary genre - Contributes to the growing field of migration studies through examination of narrative fiction - Provides a window into how migration and urbanization are experienced at the personal level of interest to migration scholars as well as scholars of Thailand, Thai cultural studies, and Thai literature
Author : Sig Langegger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319411772
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Rights to Public Space written by Sig Langegger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the roles that public space plays in gentrification. Considering both cultural norms of public behavior and the municipal regulation of behavior in public, it shows how commonplace acts in everyday public spaces like sidewalks, streets, and parks work to establish neighborhood legitimacy for newcomers while delegitimizing once authentic public practices of long-timers. With evidence drawn from the formerly Latino neighborhood of Highland in Denver, Colorado, this ethnographic study demonstrates how the regulation of public space plays a pivotal role in neighborhood change. First, there is often a profound disharmony between how people from different cultural complexes interpret and sanction behavior in everyday public spaces. Second, because regulations, codes, urban design, and enforcement protocols are deliberately changed, commonplace activities longtime neighborhood residents feel they have a right to do along sidewalks and streets and within their neighborhood parks sometimes unexpectedly misalign with what is actually possible or legal to do in these publicly accessible spaces.
Author : Martin Bodek
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257956949
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (579 download)
Download or read book The Year of Bad Behavior written by Martin Bodek and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Bodek spent a year encountering the nose-pickers, nail-clippers, cellphone-yappers, lane cut-offers, people who stand akimbo, child slappers, personal space invaders, stores that have cashiers who can't decipher coupons, customer service idiots, the rude, the people who need BlackBerry helmets, line cutters, public masturbators, escalator mudsticks, teenagers discussing what liquids induce abortion, and decided to write about it. This is what he wrote.
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Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1597802514
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)
Download or read book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kim Stanley Robinson has been an ongoing force in the Science Fiction genre for over twenty years, with his novels (Year’s of Rice and Salt, Forty Signs of Rain) crossing over to the mainstream, and routinely appearing on the New York Times best sellers list. During the 80s and early nineties, his short fiction continued to push the boundaries of science fiction, defining the science-focused side of the science fiction genre. Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan worked with Kim Stanley Robinson to select the stories that make up this landmark volume. In addition to these reprints, The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson features a brand-new short story, "The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942."
Author : Brenda L. Baker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101515627
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Sisters of the Sari written by Brenda L. Baker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A debut novel about an American woman and an Indian woman who are about to dramatically change each other's lives-along with the lives of those around them. While vacationing in India, Kiria Langdon, the opinionated and driven CEO of a major company, meets Santoshi, a former slave who now works as a cleaning lady and lives in a shelter for homeless women in Chennai. Appalled by the conditions in the shelter, Kiria becomes obsessed with the idea of building decent housing for poor working women in India. Santoshi reluctantly agrees to help, even though she thinks Kiria's ideas are too crazy to succeed. Embarking on a rich journey of personal discovery, both women will learn invaluable lessons about themselves as they forge a powerful bond of sisterhood across the barriers of language and culture-a bond that makes anything possible.
Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466862211
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Escape from Kathmandu written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kim Stanley Robinson's Escape From Kathmandu is a light-hearted fantasy tribute to the world of extreme mountain climbing follows the adventures of two American expatriates living in Nepal. Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for "Take You Higher, Ltd.", leading groups of tourists into the back country and occasionally assisting on serious climbs. George "Freds" Fredericks is another--a tall, easy-going American who converted to Buddhism while in college. He visited Nepal one year and never went home. The adventures started when George and Freds got together over the capture of a Yeti--an abominable snowman--by a scientific expedition. The thought of such a wild and mysterious creature in captivity--in prison--was too much for them to bear. And in freeing the Yeti, a great partnership was born. George and Freds will go on to greater heights as they explore the mysteries of Nepal, from Shangri-La to Kathmandu's governmental bureaucracy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Philip L. Kilbride
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031303415X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Street Children in Kenya written by Philip L. Kilbride and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As kinship relationships and support networks across family lines weaken with modernization, economic stressors take a great toll on children. Kenya, like some other nations in Africa and around the globe, has witnessed a rapid rise in street children. The street children in Nairobi come from single parent families which are mostly headed by women. Another group are AIDS orphans. This study documents how street children in Nairobi follow survival strategies including (for boys) collecting garbage, and (for girls), prostitution. Gender is emphasized throughout the book. Although impoverished families are the most likely to produce street children, not all poor families have their children on the streets. The problem of street children is a complex one that calls for a comprehensive and coordinated policy and program for intervention at all levels and in all sectors of society. Alleviating poverty and rebuilding the family institution should be among the first steps in addressing the problem.
Author : Lydia Laube
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 174305078X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Lost in Laos written by Lydia Laube and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After enduring a close call with Thai immigration officials, Lydia made it into Laos, and discovered a people and land easy to love. Travelling by boat, tuk tuk or any other means possible, she experienced the majesty of the Mekong River, the awe-inspiring Caves of the Buddha and the mysterious Plains of Jars.
Author : Kate Griffin
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316072346
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Midnight Mayor written by Kate Griffin and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, then the Tower will crumble and the kingdom will fall. Resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to discover that this isn't so far from the truth. . . One by one, the protective magical wards that guard the city are falling: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti, the ravens found dead at the Tower, the London Stone destroyed. This is not good news. This array of supernatural defenses -- a mix of international tourist attractions and forgotten urban legends -- formed a formidable magical shield, one that could protect London from the greatest threat it has ever known. But what could be so dangerous as to threaten an entire city? Against his better judgment, Matthew Swift is about to find out. And if he's lucky, he might just live long enough to do something about it . . .
Author : Ahn Junghyo
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569479283
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)
Download or read book White Badge written by Ahn Junghyo and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel about a former soldier haunted by the past is “the first major book about Korean involvement in the Vietnam War” (Los Angeles Times). Han Kiju is an executive in Seoul, a modern Korean intellectual who works in book publishing. But he has never fully come to grips with his memories of war—first the conflict that gripped his own country, and then his time in Vietnam. When an old comrade-in-arms, a coward who crumpled in battle, begins to follow him, Kiju must finally deal with the ghosts of the past haunting his present, in this brutal, evocative tale of combat.
Author : Rosa María Jiménez Catalán
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400771584
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Lexical Availability in English and Spanish as a Second Language written by Rosa María Jiménez Catalán and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes to the research in two different research areas: lexical availability studies and vocabulary research in second or foreign languages. Lexical availability is defined as the words that immediately come to mind as a response to a stimulus provided by topics related to domains closely connected to daily life: for instance animals, food and drink, daily activities, politics, or poverty. Lexical availability is a dimension of learners’ receptive and productive lexical competence, and, consequently, an important variable of learners’ communicative competence. Written by leading researchers in Spanish and English applied linguistics, the studies presented in this volume offer the reader findings and insights from studies conducted in learners with different mother tongues, who learn English or Spanish as their second or third language. “This book made me aware of an approach to vocabulary acquisition which has a long tradition in European research, but has been somewhat neglected by English-speaking researchers. The methodology was pioneered in France where it developed into the Francais Fondamental project - an influential approach to the vocabulary needs of learners of French. It was also taken up by Spanish researchers, and more recently developed by the team at La Rioja University. Where English-language research has focused on the frequency of words in large corpora and the implications of this feature for L2 vocabulary acquisition, the lexical availability tradition takes a much more learner-centred approach to L2 vocabulary skills, directly reflecting learners' needs and learners' ability to do things with small, effective vocabularies. This leads to a set of research priorities that look refreshingly different from the ones we are used to. Read this book. It might change the way you think about vocabulary research.” Paul Meara, Swansea University, Wales, UK
Author : Keith Michael Baker
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 080479619X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Scripting Revolution written by Keith Michael Baker and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Arab Spring" was heralded and publicly embraced by foreign leaders of many countries that define themselves by their own historic revolutions. The contributors to this volume examine the legitimacy of these comparisons by exploring whether or not all modern revolutions follow a pattern or script. Traditionally, historians have studied revolutions as distinct and separate events. Drawing on close familiarity with many different cultures, languages, and historical transitions, this anthology presents the first cohesive historical approach to the comparative study of revolutions. This volume argues that the American and French Revolutions provided the genesis of the revolutionary "script" that was rewritten by Marx, which was revised by Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution, which was revised again by Mao and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Later revolutions in Cuba and Iran improvised further. This script is once again on display in the capitals of the Middle East and North Africa, and it will serve as the model for future revolutionary movements.
