Author: Melissa Herrera
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Languages : en
Pages : 437
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Death. Abuse. Violence. Crime. A headstrong boy's life collapses, propelling him into a maelstrom of violence, brujeria, and death in deep Mexico. A harrowing first-person account of physical loss, survival, and brutal abuse, TOÑO LIVES follows a boy through adolescence to teen, as he travels a trail of sorrow, heart-pounding adventure, and extreme peril.This is not a heart-warming tale. As you read how he comes of age in south Texas, crossing wild rivers and invisible borders, his grit to survive becomes apparent. Trains and drugs and a life of crime consume him, but he is only searching for one thing - a place to call home.
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Author: Robert Smith
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520244139
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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'Mexican New York' offers an intimate view of globalization as it is lived by Mexican immigrants & their children in New York & in Mexico.
Author: Ogoh Nwaeze
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1618971239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Living in a Jungle exposes the troubled happenings in the fictitious country of Generia. In its government and business circles, bribery and embezzlement are the order of the day. The judiciary, police, and prison systems are corrupt and inept, and justice can be bought if you have enough money and are willing to pay for it. Three brothers named Tony, Obana and George live in Generia, where corruption and other forms of compromise are rampant. The brothers inherited their integrity and honesty from their late father, Professor Okawe, and refuse to get involved in the vices plaguing the country. Each of the brothers lives his life with respect for the rule of law while others flout the rules and believe that the end justifies the means. Child abuse and trafficking, armed robbery, kidnapping, ritual killings and human organ trafficking take place freely, while law enforcement officers turn the other way. Hospitals treat only those who can pay. Most of the churches are owned and run by cunning men who deceive innocent followers by means of fake prophesies and miracles. The jungle that is Generia does provide an escape for the very clever.
Author: Herbert George Wells
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Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: Mitchell Duneier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199325901
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Urban ethnography is the firsthand study of city life by investigators who immerse themselves in the worlds of the people about whom they write. Since its inception in the early twentieth century, this great tradition has helped define how we think about cities and city dwellers. The past few decades have seen an extraordinary revival in the field, as scholars and the public at large grapple with the increasingly complex and pressing issues that affect the ever-changing American city-from poverty to the immigrant experience, the changing nature of social bonds to mass incarceration, hyper-segregation to gentrification. As both a method of research and a form of literature, urban ethnography has seen a notable and important resurgence. This renewed interest demands a clear and comprehensive understanding of the history and development of the field to which this volume contributes by presenting a selection of past and present contributions to American urban ethnographic writing. Beginning with an original introduction highlighting the origins, practices, and significance of the field, editors Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, and Alexandra Murphy guide the reader through the major and fascinating topics on which it has focused -- from the community, public spaces, family, education, work, and recreation, to social policy, and the relationship between ethnographers and their subjects. An indispensable guide, The Urban Ethnography Reader provides an overview of how the discipline has grown and developed while offering students and scholars a selection of some of the finest social scientific writing on the life of the modern city.
Author: Kunio Yanagita
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739130242
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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In 1910, when Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962) wrote and published The Legends of Tono in Japanese, he had no idea that 100 years later, his book would become a Japanese literary and folklore classic. Yanagita is best remembered as the founder of Japanese folklore studies, and Ronald Morse transcends time to bring the reader a marvelous guide to Tono, Yanagita, and his enthralling tales. In this 100th Anniversary edition, Morse has completely revised his original translation, now out of print for over three decades. Retaining the original's great understanding of Japanese language, history, and lore, this new edition will make the classic collection available to new generations of readers.
Author: Hector Abad
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN: 0914671936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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Closely knit Colombian siblings' internal rifts threaten to tear apart the hard-won legacy their father fought to establish against guerilla and paramilitary violence. An intimate and transgressive novel that confirms Héctor Abad as one of the great writers of Latin American literature today. Pilar, Eva, and Antonio Ángel are the last heirs of La Oculta, a farm hidden in the mountains of Colombia. The land has survived several generations. It is the landscape of their happiest memories but it is also where they have had to face the siege of violence and terror, restlessness and flight. In The Farm, Héctor Abad illuminates the vicissitudes of a family and of a people, as well as of the voices of these three siblings, recounting their loves, fears, desires, and hopes, all against a dazzling backdrop. We enter their lives at the moment when they are about to lose the paradise on which they built their dreams and their reality.
Author: Hisashi Inoue
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857281429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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The sound of a trumpet across a Japanese mountain valley leads a young man to befriend a mysterious stranger. During repeated visits to the cave where the stranger has set up home, the young man learns about his life in the region. The stranger’s hilarious, bawdy and touching narratives captivate the young man, but he begins to doubt their veracity. Can they really be true? 'Tales from a Mountain Cave' is a translation of Hisashi Inoue’s highly popular 'Shinshaku Tono Monogatari' (新釈遠野物語), set in the Kamaishi area of Iwate Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Kamaishi was devastated by the tsunami of March 2011, and royalties on sales of this book will be donated to post-tsunami community support projects.
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
