Author: Timothy Findley
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
ISBN: 9780140073065
Category : Arche de Noé - Romans
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Author: Michael Strausz
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438475535
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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In Help (Not) Wanted, Michael Strausz offers an original and provocative answer to a question that has long perplexed observers of Japan: Why has Japan's immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more immigrants? Drawing upon insights developed during nearly two years of intensive field research in Japan, Strausz ultimately argues that Japan's immigration policy has remained restrictive for two reasons. First, Japan's labor-intensive businesses have failed to defeat anti-immigration forces within the Japanese state, particularly those in the Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Diet. Second, no influential strain of elite thought in postwar Japan exists to support the idea that significant numbers of foreign nationals have a legitimate claim to residency and citizenship. This book is particularly timely at a moment shaped by Brexit, the election of Trump, and the rise of anti-immigrant political parties and nativist rhetoric across the globe.

Author: Dayton Lummis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440179719
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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In March 1976 five members of the family of State Department employee William Bradford Bishop, Jr., were found slain in a shallow grave in rural eastern North Carolina. It was determined that the murders had been committed in the family home in suburban Washington, D.C. Bishop was missing, and the authorities quickly named him the one and only suspect in the brutal and seemingly motiveless crimes. The family station wagon was found abandoned at the western side of Great Smoky National Park. Bishop vanished and since that time has allegedly been an international fugitive. The author, Bishop's roommate senior year at Yale University, has been haunted by this case and its unanswered questions for many years. In this challenging book he puts forth some interesting theories as to what might have happened.

Author: Jesse Lynch Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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When they put his first-born in his arms a strange nausea suffused this father’s frame and he handed the warm little bundle back to his sister hastily, as if it were hot.

Author: Michael Strausz
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438475519
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Shows how Japan’s immigration policy is shaped by the nature of Japan’s economy and elite debates about the country’s national identity. In Help (Not) Wanted, Michael Strausz offers an original and provocative answer to a question that has long perplexed observers of Japan: Why has Japan’s immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more immigrants? Drawing upon insights developed during nearly two years of intensive field research in Japan, Strausz ultimately argues that Japan’s immigration policy has remained restrictive for two reasons. First, Japan’s labor-intensive businesses have failed to defeat anti-immigration forces within the Japanese state, particularly those in the Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Diet. Second, no influential strain of elite thought in postwar Japan exists to support the idea that significant numbers of foreign nationals have a legitimate claim to residency and citizenship. This book is particularly timely at a moment shaped by Brexit, the election of Trump, and the rise of anti-immigrant political parties and nativist rhetoric across the globe.

Author: Thanzil Jony
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3748786573
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Introduction Dream! Motivation to move forward in life. Dreams lead people to success. The dreamless man on earth may not have been born yet. The hope of finding a loved one as a life partner may be someone's dream. And this is what Adi dreamed of. All preparations were made for the realization of the dream, but fate was against Adi. Tied to the wall of distance is the form of success of Adi's dream. Adi didn't get what he wanted, he got what he never imagined.

Author: David A. Adler
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544201485
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133

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Andy Russell’s neighbors have asked nine-year-old Andy and his best friend, Tamika, to watch their house while they are away. But when Andy sees unexplained lights and movements, he becomes convinced there is an intruder next door! The problem is . . . whenever he tries to show his family and the police what he sees, everything is back to normal. Now Detective Andy Russell must prove that he's not just a pest--that there is something suspicious going on!

Author: Tina Marie Floyd-Howell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450061400
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Tina Marie Floyd-Howell was born December 1, 1980 in Dothan, Alabama. Tina was raised in a good, stable household, but unfortunately for her, the affairs of life didn’t come without some traumatic experiences with some bumps and bruises along the way. During her adolescent years, Tina is reminiscent of having to struggle and fight her way through in order to survive at certain seasons of her life, accepting the unforeseeable challenges that came which seemed almost impossible to overcome. There were times where her struggles were so overwhelming that she couldn’t see the end of the tunnel and had concluded within herself that they wouldn’t come to an end, only to fi nd herself being taken under with a longer and greater, heart-gripping struggle to face head on. By nature of character, Tina is a seeress, or naturally born with a prophetic element in her character from birth, having a special, second-sight of earthly things happening through revelatory dreams and visions given, seeing things come to pass in the earth realm before they have a literal manifestation. Tina is acquainted with having a personal history of seeing demons which is certainly not part of the normal, common thread ofmediocre humanity. Because of the peculiarity of her special gifting, she has had to be cautious and careful with whom she dealt with and connected with, and due to her knowledge of these facts, she has had to be careful with whom she shared her birthright.

Author: Helen Doss
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
ISBN: 1555538495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Doss's charming, touching, and at times hilarious chronicle tells how each of the children, representing white, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American backgrounds, came to her and husband Carl, a Methodist minister. She writes of the way the "unwanted" feeling was erased with devoted love and understanding and how the children united into one happy family. Her account reads like a novel, with scenes of hard times and triumphs described in vivid prose. The Family Nobody Wanted, which inspired two films, opened doors for other adoptive families and was a popular favorite among parents, young adults, and children for more than thirty years. Now this edition will introduce the classic to a new generation of readers. An epilogue by Helen Doss that updates the family's progress since 1954 will delight the book's loyal legion of fans around the world.

Author: Andrew Maynard
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633539067
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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“Deftly shows how a seemingly frivolous film genre can guide us in shaping tomorrow’s world.” —Seth Shostak, senior astronomer, SETI Institute Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and interplanetary travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibilities are very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? This book, by a physicist and expert on responsible technology development, reveals how science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don’t yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine. Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take us on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.