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  • Crimson Roses & Purple Irises
    Jonathan Ian Elliott
    'Never tell anyone what goes on in this house.'For young John Elliott Pitts, his mother’s words would forever echo like the hills and valleys amongst which he was raised. And for years, nobody would know about the goings on of his home life-his father’s alcoholism and beatings, his mother’s resilience and resulting explosive temper, months spent as an outsider in his grandmoth...
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    16,29 €

  • The Journey of Josephine
    BAMBI Lynn
    Every year for Christmas my mom would make my sister and myself a special new doll. Some of them were knitted, crochet, and some were made with beads and other materials, But there was nothing that compared to my rag-doll Josephine. She was a special doll to me. I named her after a girl in the 1979 orphan train movie. They called her JP for short. She was an orphan in NYC. A ci...
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    22,69 €

  • The Demb Family Journey - from Mlynov to Baltimore
    Howard I Schwartz
    In this deeply personal investigation, a trained historian unearths the journey of his father’s familyfrom a tiny shtetl in what was western Russia (then Poland and now Ukraine), to the thriving port ofBaltimore. With little knowledge at the start, the author reaches back to the lives of his great-greatgrandparents in the 1860s and traces what became of each of their six childr...
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    43,06 €

  • Breaking The Chains
    Latoya Braswell
    Breaking the Chains: Escaping Abuse, Cults, and Finding True Love’ is a gripping memoir that showcases the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Latoya shares her courageous journey of breaking free from an abusive relationship and escaping the clutches of a manipulative cult church. Latoya’s inspiring story is a testament to the power of resilience, the pursuit of love, ...
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    18,29 €

  • Burguesas y proletarias. Apuntes sobre mujeres y clase social.
    Sara López Ruiz
    Ensayo que tiene por objetivo repensar la unión de las esferas marxista y feminista para encontrar sus puntos comunes discutiendo, en particular, acerca de aquello que atañe a las mujeres como clase sexual no constituida como sujeto político organizado contra la explotación a la que se enfrenta en la sociedad capitalista. ...
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    12,34 €

  • Globalisation and COVID-19
    Globalisation and COVID-19 examines how the simultaneous immobilisation of billions created a temporary hold on the mobility which constitutes the very irrigation of globalisation. ...
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    169,21 €

  • The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies
    Drawing upon the framework of linguistic citizenship, the chapters in this book link questions of language to sociopolitical discourses of justice, rights and equity, as well as to issues of power and access. They present powerful evidence of how marginalized speakers reclaim their voices and challenge power relations. ...
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    60,21 €

  • The Chinese Way
    Fabio Massimo Parenti
    The book aims to communicate to readers in a clear, fluent, and well-documented fashion the new role that China plays in the geography of world power, evaluating its weight, influence, and impact on future developments. China’s ambition and its vision of international affairs can be summed up in Beijing’s desire to 'build a community of common destiny for mankind'. Behind this ...
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    58,23 €

  • Animales + humanos = 3
    Silvia Ruggiero Palla
    'Animales + Humanos=3. Saber escuchar a los Animales. Una mágica esperanza para el ser humano'. La presencia de los animales me ha acompañado en mi proceso de voluntad en querer sacar las barreras que muchas veces, de adulta, me dificultaban acercarme a un espacio interno que me favorecía a nivel de conciencia y crecimiento emocional individual.Básicamente el proceso de escucha...
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    11,72 €

  • Passport island
    Theodoros Rakopoulos
    This book shows how instead of an isolated case, the Cyprus Papers are a new version of the Panama, Paradise and Pandora Papers: the global trade in passports is the continuation of offshore financial processes by other means. ...
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    157,23 €

  • Suitcase
    D. N. Chadha
    The memoir of an ordinary man . I am not a rich businessman or famous celebrity but an ordinary man who came to America with only a Suitcase.My story is the story of all Immigrants who came to America with only a suitcase ...and some Extraordinary dreams .You have a desire and goals to succeed in your career ,business and education in order to have a better life for you and you...
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    24,45 €

  • Convergence as Adaptivity
    Zhiyuan Wang
    Argues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence. ...
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    121,94 €

  • Suitcase
    D. N. Chadha
    The memoir of an ordinary man . I am not a rich businessman or famous celebrity but an ordinary man who came to America with only a Suitcase.My story is the story of all Immigrants who came to America with only a suitcase ...and some Extraordinary dreams .You have a desire and goals to succeed in your career ,business and education in order to have a better life for you and you...
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    42,69 €

  • Mixed Race Life Stories
    Jillian Paragg
    Framing a new theoretical analysis in a field with limited data, Mixed Race Life Stories: The Multiracializing Gaze in Canada builds an understanding of the affective lived experiences of mixed race people, the different ways they are racialized and how that may impact a politics of mixed race moving forward. ...
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    143,20 €

  • Border images, border narratives
    This interdisciplinary volume written by experienced scholars in border studies explores the political role of images and narratives addressing borders, borderscapes and migration. The volume offers new methodologies to approach the political aesthetics of the border and related issues such as borderland identities and border-crossings. ...
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    35,56 €

  • Collective emotions and political violence
    Maéva Clément
    Analysing primary textual, audio and video data, this book argues that Islamist organisations in Germany and the UK perform collective emotions in and through narrative when turning to political violence. The book offers a provocative account departing from conventional interpretations of radicalisation and reminds us of the power of emotions. ...
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    42,85 €

  • Immigrant Physicians
    Ghazi Rayan MD
    Ghazi Rayan, MD delivers this pivotal and immersive history detailing the growth of medical progress and its connection to the movement of people and ideas across borders. From the desk of acclaimed speaker and academic Ghazi Rayan, MD comes a broad and ambitious work of both history and culture.Beginning with the origins of medical practice in ancient history and continuing to...
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    19,47 €

  • Immigrant Physicians
    Ghazi Rayan MD
    Ghazi Rayan, MD delivers this pivotal and immersive history detailing the growth of medical progress and its connection to the movement of people and ideas across borders. From the desk of acclaimed speaker and academic Ghazi Rayan, MD comes a broad and ambitious work of both history and culture.Beginning with the origins of medical practice in ancient history and continuing to...
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    28,41 €

  • Diferencias de género en la expresión conductual de la violencia
    María Isabel Herrero de la Torre
    Este trabajo de investigación trata sobre las diferencias existentes de los tres géneros predominantes en la sociedad actual (femenino, masculino y no binario) en lo que se refiere a la expresión conductual de la violencia, a través de cinco variables relacionadas con el comportamiento violento (agresividad, sexismo, culpa, impulsividad y resiliencia). También analiza si alguno...
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    13,98 €

  • The Sciences of Change
    Ian Clarke
    Question...Have you ever been affected by hatred and want to know the truth? Have you lost something or someone you love prematurely due to disease, disorder or the selfish actions of the dreadful?If so, I wrote this book for youTwo years ago, I sacrificed my 14-year Financial Services career to abide the law and help others. Project Speak Up 2021 garnered me 7 world records fo...
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    70,88 €

  • The Sciences of Change
    Ian Clarke
    Question...Have you ever been affected by hatred and want to know the truth? Have you lost something or someone you love prematurely due to disease, disorder or the selfish actions of the dreadful?If so, I wrote this book for youTwo years ago, I sacrificed my 14-year Financial Services career to abide the law and help others. Project Speak Up 2021 garnered me 7 world records fo...
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    80,98 €

  • Borders of desire
    Borders of Desire is a collection of studies from the eastern borders of Europe, particularly the Baltics and the Balkans, that take a novel approach to borders and the work they do. Instead of viewing borders only as obstructions to the fulfillment of desire, this book shows how borders produce desire, particularly gendered and sexualized desire. ...
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    157,61 €

  • Scattered To be gathered - Ministry to Migrants
    John Idoko
    God  is  hastening  the  return  of  Christ.  He  is  doing  that  bymaking  the  proclamation  of  the  gospel  to  people  thathitherto     have   been    locked    up  in  regions  that  wereconsidered  closed  to  the  Gospel.  How  is  God  doing  this?  He  isdoing  this  by  allowing  cataclysms  all  over  the  world  that  arecausing  massive  movement  of  people  fro...
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    23,39 €

  • A Feminist Approach to the Political World and Appearances
    Rosalie Siemon Lochner
    Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition, first published in 1958, considers the importance of worldy existence. She states: 'with word and deed we insert ourselves into the human world.'2 She then warns that, 'A life without speech and without action...is literally dead to the world; it has ceased to be a human life because it is no longer lived among men.'3 Speaking and acting all...
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    26,16 €

  • Gratitude For Teens
    Shawn Oliver
    Gratitude For Teens: Manifestation Journal, Positivity, Reflection, Daily Journal, Self-Care, Mindfulness, Thankfulness, Affirmation, Happiness, ... Reduce Stress, Improve Esteem, (6'x 9') Size: 6'x 9'- 225 Pages- Amazing cover- Would make a great gift- Help improve esteem- Notebook/Journal- Great for Teenagers Daily ...
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    17,42 €

  • Sammy’s curious adventure
    Annette Phillip
    Sammy is a curious bunny who visits the park with his best friend Hannah the squirrel. While at the park Sammy stumbles upon an object in the grass. Sammy is a very curious bunny and the object peaks his interest. Hannah realizes that the object might be dangerous and warns Sammy. Sammy is so intrigued by the object that he doesn’t pay attention to Hannah. Hannah decides to go ...
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    8,65 €

  • SHAW
    Orlanda Shaw
    From Bums to Bentleys is a true, raw, uncensored story about the life and times of an innocent little girl from an inner-city ghetto filled with drugs, and violence, who didn’t give up.  That little girl is me, Orlanda Shaw.  With the turn of each page, you will be more and more intrigued, as you dive deeper into the book to understand the mental mind state of a TRUE survivor. T...
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    24,43 €

  • SHAW
    Orlanda Shaw
    From Bums to Bentleys is a true, raw, uncensored story about the life and times of an innocent little girl from an inner-city ghetto filled with drugs, and violence, who didn’t give up.  That little girl is me, Orlanda Shaw.  With the turn of each page, you will be more and more intrigued, as you dive deeper into the book to understand the mental mind state of a TRUE survivor. T...
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    16,56 €

  • Landscapes of Care
    Thurka Sangaramoorthy
    This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the corporatization of health care deliv...
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    127,24 €

  • Landscapes of Care
    Thurka Sangaramoorthy
    This insightful work on rural health in the United States examines the ways immigrants, mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean, navigate the health care system in the United States. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has risen sharply, and rural areas have seen the highest increases. Thurka Sangaramoorthy reveals that that the corporatization of health care deliv...
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    29,24 €